Re: CULT: HIST: red-Black Iris? (was Tricky Critters?)
- Subject: Re: CULT: HIST: red-Black Iris? (was Tricky Critters?)
- From: L* M*
- Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 14:31:34 -0400
John Bruce in Ohio said:
<We grow and sell (guessing) 60-80 "black" bearded irises. >
John, are any of these historic red-blacks? I have a prolific red-black
that I got as a club plant incorrectly labeled CHERRY SMOKE. Jeff
Walters is also growing it now & we have both tried unsuccessfully to
figure out what it might be. I posted photos of it last year, but
nobody came up with suggested matches. It is very similar in coloration
to SUPERSTITION, but is older, maybe from the mid 50s to the mid 60s.
It is slightly bitoned red black but appears uniformly red black from a
distance. The visible part of the beard is uniformly dark gray blue.
This iris is such a tough plant and prolific bloomer, with normal height
stalks & undamaged blooms every year here, I would really like to get it
ID'd. So far, I've not been able to set pods on it or with its pollen,
tho it usually manages a bee pod or two every year :-(
--
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
iris-talk/Mallorn archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/>
iris-photos/Mallorn archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/>
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