Re: CULT: BLACK FALLS (was DisappointingTBs)

Jeff,

That's interesting on how BLACK FALLS performs for you.  For me, it and
AMERICAN SWEETHEART have falls that are extremely horizontal.  Much like the
bloom doesn't really ever fully open.  HELLO DARKNESS and BEFORE THE STORM
have flaring falls, but not horizontal.  As for the standards, here they
were short and made what I call 'dunce caps' perched on top of the falls.
It's a look I don't care for anytime, and with the standards so short the
bloom lost its proportion altogether.  It was consistent in this habit.  It
really was one of the better ones here for reaching close to the registered
height.  A definite plus on its behalf because many do not ever do that,
much less on a regular basis.  Another plus was the textural contrast
between the falls and the standards.  Those very black falls really have a
velvety finish, while the standards had a finish like nylon.  If it hadn't
conked out on me, my plan was to move it into a low spot so that I would
always be looking down on it, rather than across toward its side.  An
advantage of being on a steep hill.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA


>> BLACK FALLS.  Well named, because the falls are the blackest I've seen.
>But
>> not proportioned well.  I hate those little twisted up standards.  On top
>of
>> that, the falls were horizontal to the ground, so in order to see it well
>> one has to look straight down on the bloom.  An aggravation indeed when
>the
>> stalks are as tall as this one.  In the end, it diminished on its own
>into
>> oblivion.  Still an interesting bloom due to those falls, just didn't
>quite
>> get the act together.
>
>Donald,
>
>I have a somewhat different readout on BLACK FALLS in my garden. I agree
>about the falls being the nearest to true black I have seen on a TB iris
>and that the increase and quantity of bloom are not overly abundant (though
>mine hasn't diminished to the vanishing point). I diverge from your
>assesment of the form - the standards are closed, but not at all out of
>proportion, and the falls flare, but are no more horizontal than those of
>HELLO DARKNESS or BEFORE THE STORM (all 3 are currently in bloom in my
>garden, and I went out and checked them before typing this). I have had BF
>since it was introduced, and one year when everything in the garden bloomed
>on exceptionally tall stalks, it reached a height of 48". With that one
>exception, my complaint is that it always blooms at BB height. It did get
>to 31" this year, which makes only the second time it has reached the
>statutory height for a TB.
>
>Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
>jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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