Re: strange TB
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- Subject: Re: strange TB
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 19:24:28 -0600 (MDT)
MLM wrote:
>
> I have a TB that I don't know the name of. It has golden standards and =
> rusty maroon falls. Supposedly. This year it has developed falls that =
> are right down the middle gold on the left and maroonish on the right. =
> This is a new one to me. Is this unusual news to anyone else? If it =
> develops seed pods, should I keep them?
> The Magic Meadow mmjm@jobax.net
MLM (Hmm -- Mysterious List Monicker?) -- Sure, and plant them. Your
iris may have a virus, or be a victim of weather damage (I have seen a
lot of what you describe this year among my own flowers); then again, it
might be a mutation. If your iris has good form and this phenomenon
repeats next year, it might be worth seeing what future generations look
like.
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon.
jgcrump@erols.com
