TB: Crystal Dreams
- Subject: TB: Crystal Dreams
- From: M* R*
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:44:52 -0700
I don't subscribe to iris-photos, but I wanted to show y'all a picture of
Crystal Dreams, and Randy Squires was nice enough to post it for me. It's a
very poor photo of a poor specimen, but it provides a hint of why I thought
he might like it, even considering it is "just a pastel".
The color of the falls is actually pale pink-white with a very slightly
pinker edge band and subtle hints of lavender. The standards are clean pale
pink with lacy lavender edges. It does NOT have an ivory-yellow cast; blame
that on the camera. The ivory-beige background was actually a clean sheet
of white paper. This was not a representative stalk or flower. It was
small and short, but if you "correct" for the color maybe you can see why I
love Crystal Dreams. It is not a relatively poor grower with sparse bloom
for me, though not rot prone. It is just one of the most lovely,
delicately-colored iris I grow. It has better color than a later Shockey
intro, Crystal Morn. I saw it at Aitken's, bought it from Schreiners', and
have only seen it recently in Blyth's catalog. It's slow growth probably
leads to the limited commercial distribution and relative obscurity.
John Reeds in 9b southern California
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