Re: TB:Black Iris:



On 8 Jul 99, at 8:37, James Brooks wrote:


>
> I've found BEFORE THE STORM to be disappointing, difficult to
> raise, increase, and with substandard bloom stalks and flowers. If I
> wasn't taking upon myself the task of maintaining a Dykes display
> garden, I'd drop it from the inventory in a heartbeat.
>
>
>
> BTW, IMHO FWIW, I agree with the esteemed Mr. Brooks almost 100%. His assessment of BTS is correct for the southern tier with similar growing conditions of H & H. My one per cent write off involves seeing a fairly decent stalk of BTS at our spring show this year. What a shock! Just a fluke.

Opening up a new can of worms, BOOGIE WOOGIE can be described as a BTS type and certainly is not a Dykes contender as it performs here. Rockytop catalog has described BW as an IB, which is what it is here

Now back to MMOB.

Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
















































   



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