Re: TB:Black Iris:
From: "Title, CDR Lynn A." <titlel@spawar.navy.mil>
BEFORE THE STORM bloomed for me this year for the first time; I'd planted a
shrimpy rhizome late last summer. It put up a single stalk with about five
buds - which were lovely, a true glossy black, and held up well in a series
of windstorms. But it's still on the puny side; two small fans and no other
increase. Is there a good black rebloomer I can replace it with (that
section of the garden is all black blossoms, from hollyhock to violets,
including a nearly-black rose and near-black daylilies. Gotta have at least
one iris there!)
Lynn
In DC area, where the heat has finally dropped into the low 90's...
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Sutton [s*@lightspeed.net]
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 9:42 AM
To: iris-talk@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB:Black Iris:
Hi Walter,
You are getting pretty good at the "BTW, IMHO, FWIW" stuff! BEFORE THE
STORM is a poor performer here also. The stalks are always stunted and have
a low bud count. If the buds ever open the flowers are usually half melted
and very narrow. I guess it looks good in PA.
TTYL
MS in PVILLE CA ZN 8/9
-----Original Message-----
From: wmoores < wmoores@watervalley.net <w*@watervalley.net> >
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <i*@onelist.com> <
iris-talk@onelist.com <i*@onelist.com> >
Date: Thursday, July 08, 1999 6:07 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB:Black Iris:
<?color><?param 0100,0100,0100>On 8 Jul 99, at 8:37, James Brooks wrote:
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> 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<?/color> 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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