Re: CAT:Springhill/Customer Beware
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- Subject: Re: CAT:Springhill/Customer Beware
- From: L* A* <a*@mail.wsu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 09:47:54 -0600 (MDT)
Walter,
So true!
A friend of mine ordered SILVERADO from Spring Hill (I believe) and what
eventually bloomed was pure white iris, definitely not SILVERADO.
This is really scarey and disappointing to say the least!
Another reason to buy from places that guarantee the plant is the correct
cultivar. Of course, this doesn't rule out human error that might occur in
the handling and shipping but at least you hope that the company is trying
and will make good if you discover you have an imposter.
At 07:39 AM 6/10/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
> Last night I finally got around to looking at some of the
>'junk'mail that came while I was away in Michigan at the convent.
>A Springhill Nurseries catalog, Tipp City, OH was in the stack. On the
>back cover is pictured a collection of three Japanese irises they are
>offering. These 'cultivars' are TEMPLE BELLS, MT. FUJI, and ROYAL ROBES.
>I saw immediately their first error. When I first started growing irises
>in the early 60's, I grew TEMPLE BELLS, a great apricot bearded iris by
>the 'father' of pink irises, Dave Hall, intro'd in 1952.
> A great disservice is done by these companies when they tag a
>plant without consulting a plant society, thereby causing all sorts of
>confusion with cultivar names.
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS 7/8
>
>
>
Lane Alexander alex@wsu.edu
Moscow, Idaho
Zone 4 Sunset zone 2
