Re: TB:Black Iris:
- To: <iris-talk@onelist.com>
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB:Black Iris:
- From: M* S*
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 11:05:03 -0700
From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
Hey BG,
J. Beetles hate soapy water on flowers. Get a little garden sprayer out and
spray the buds. Takes care of them here. They go visit someone else.
About BTS, I try not to knock any Dykes winner for winning the Dykes. If
something wins the Dykes it has to look real good somewhere to a lot of
judges. BTS just doesn't do well here. I am sure that some of our stuff
does great here and looks bad elsewhere. Time changes our perspective a lot
too. I look at stuff that our garden introduced several years past and
think, PU. But at the time I am sure they looked good. Mesmerizer and
Thornbird if seen in our seed beds would be immediately ousted and
composted.
don't even know if that was worth $.02
Mike
-----Original Message-----
>From: StorYlade@aol.com
>
>In a message dated 7/8/1999 8:37:21 AM Central Daylight Time,
>suttons@lightspeed.net writes:
>
><< 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. >>
>
>I was really disappointed with this iris when I finally saw it in bloom.
>Definitely not a winner on the show bench. The second year, I had a clump
of
>about 10-15 stalks, and, THEN, there was no question. From a distance, it
>was distinctive--a real knock out.
>
>Still, I complained when it made the dykes list (hang my head in shame!),
>UNTIL I remembered how we are supposed to vote the dykes. Garden
>distinction? That it has (when happy). I'm guessing that it was blooming
in
>clumps when seen at that convention.
>
>BW in BG KY where J. Beetles devour the iris rebloom, rose bloom, etc..
>
>
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