Re: Warrior King -- was Lady Friend
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: Warrior King -- was Lady Friend
- From: "* M* <M*@tc.gc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 09:52:16 -0400
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
Paul, I suggest War Chief instead of Warrior King. So far, it's the
best red I've grown. Warrior King is an excellent red -- I've had it
for years. But after growing War Chief for three years, I think it is a
better iris -- more buds, more consistent bloom, stands up to the wind
and blooms normally after unusual weather, e.g., freeze-thaws, early
thaws. I've had at least one bloom stalk per rhizome planted with at
least three increases per rhizome each year. Colouring is a little
deeper than Warrior King, if memory serves me correctly, and it has
excellent branching.
Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4) -- where attrition is happening to make way for
the new iris
> ----------
> From: Paul & Yvonne Tyerman[SMTP:tyerman@dynamite.com.au]
> Reply To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 9:04 AM
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: iris attrition list
>
> From: Paul & Yvonne Tyerman <tyerman@dynamite.com.au>
>
> At 18:33 26/07/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >From: Glenn Simmons <glsimmon@swbell.net>
>
> Well,
> Being another Aussie I've got to put my two cents worth in.....
>
> Oh yeah....... for reference in case anyone out there is
> interested.... I
> live around 8 hours drive from Jan (somewhere around 750km
> approximately?).
> We have pretty similar climates but I'm not sure of soil comparisons.
> We
> here in Canberra tend to have rather heavy clay that needs to be
> either
> replaced or greatly built up with organic matter so that it doesn't
> bake
> solid in Summer. Our weather extremes are around -8'C to 40'c-ish. I
> thought some of you might be interested.
>
> Anyhow....... back on to Lady Friend
>
> I too am disappointed with Lady Friend and am thinking of
> getting rid of
> it. I know others like it but to me it looks decidedly washed out or
> faded. No intensity or depth to the colour at all. I have another
> couple
> of "reds" that I'm growing now and I'm awaiting them to find out
> whether it
> is just the nature of reds and they all have that colour appearance.
> For
> reference.... is Court Marshall regarded as a red? As far as I know
> it is
> that "sort" of colour. Might get around to buying "Warrior King" one
> of
> these days too. Let me know what you think!!
>
> Paul Tyerman (Canberra, Australia)
>
>
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