Re: TB: "red" Irises
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- Subject: Re: TB: "red" Irises
- From: "* S* <s*@lightspeed.net>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 10:26:13 -0700
From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
UNFORGETABLE FIRE does fine for us.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: william b. cook <billc@atlantic.net>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 9:59 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] TB: "red" Irises
>From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
>
>
>> Interesting, since so many are working towards a true red, maybe they
>> are forgetting about things such as garden performance?
>> Unforgettable Fire is a bit expensive to buy if it is going to give
>> trouble.
>
>Jan,
> Before writing off UNFORGETTABLE FIRE, you may wish to check out how
>it does for others. I know that at least one other person mentioned that
>it stands up for them. It may be that it did not like the growing
>conditions in Lexington, KY. Or, maybe I had it in a bad place. Lexington
>is very prone to late season freezes, often after the bloom stems emerge.
>This might have something to do with it. How does it do for other growers
>in Australia?
> Another Iris to consider is BUSY SIGNAL. It is more of a brownish
>red. BUSY SIGNAL did grow well in Kentucky.
>
>Mark A. Cook
>billc@atlantic.net
>Dunnellon, Florida.
>
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