RE: Black Stem
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- Subject: RE: Black Stem
- From: "* M* <M*@tc.gc.ca>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 07:28:23 -0600 (MDT)
Jan, I grow Gerald Darby alongside the Siberians. It does very well.
Maureen Mark
mmark@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
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> From: Jan Clark[SMTP:janclarx@hotmail.com]
> Reply To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 1998 7:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: Black Stem
>
> >I grew X Robusta "Gerald Darby" for many years and it is something
> you
> will want to have in your collection of black stemmed irises. It is
> deciduous and in the spring will put up leaves tinged with purple.
> When
> bloom time comes, gracefully curved stems are a dark purple (looks
> black
> at a distance) with blue-lavender flowers. Very vigorous grower.
> Barry Blyth has this iris listed in his catalogue as (I.versicolor x
> I.virginica). Is this correct? I know very little about species and
> their crosses, but this looks and sounds interesting. He claims that
> it
> will do well in water, or a normal garden bed.
> Jan Clark, in Australia
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