Re: Re: CULT:TB: ELECTRIQUE

I grow a few Blyth's irises and they are from the west coast as well.
Generally, I am very pleased with the
performance I have received from them.

Sandra
SE Manitoba
Zone 3

pinkirises wrote:

>  Jeff, Walter, et al,
>
> Would the performance of Blyth irises you've grown have more to do
> with the location of their source?  My sources are all West Coast, as
> am I, and every one has bloomed first year and flourished.  If your
> climate is significantly different, it probably would take them
> awhile to adapt (or not).
>
> Patricia Brooks
> Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8
>
>
> --- In iris-talk@y..., wmoores@w... wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: pinkirises <pbrooks@w...>
> > >
> > > In defense of Electrique, my very favorite iris:  it has the most
> and
> > > most fertile pollen of the 300+ I grow.
> >
> > Patricia,
> >
> > I always hesitate before acquiring another Blyth intro, as most
> that I have
> > tried have been disappointing in their performance here. However,
> > ELECTRIQUE in its second year here and AURA LIGHT in it third are
> doing
> > quite nicely with adequate bloom and satisfactory increase.
> >
> > Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS
> Zone 7)
> > HIPS Commercial Source Chairman
> > jcwalters@b...
> >
> > Me, too, Jeff. ELECTRIQUE is gone and AURA LIGHT is down to almost
> > nothing, but I think I can save it.
> >
> > ABOUT TOWN was beautiful in Dallas at the convention, but I waited
> until last
> > year to buy it.  I got a really nice plant, but it refused to grow
> and died
> > over winter. Those Blyth irises that do grow here may take five
> years to
> > get adjusted and bloom.  I am so glad I was patient with MAGHAREE,
> > EURYTHMIC, and LIPSTICK LIES.  They now bloom freely and don't
> resist being
> > transplanted.  COFFEE WHISPERS is on my want list.  Anybody grow it?
>
> >
> >
> > Walter Moores
> > Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
>
>
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