Re: CULT: '99 Iridaceae Yard Awards - five
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: '99 Iridaceae Yard Awards - five
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- Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 07:40:32 -0500
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From: "wmoores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>
Donald, you are too nice. I appreciate this award so very much.
The other categories were hilarious.
Walter
On 3 Jun 99, at 23:08, Donald Eaves wrote:
> From: "Donald Eaves" <donald@eastland.net>
>
>
> The conclusion of the '99 Yard Awards
>
> Best Garden Performance:
> LEMON CHESS (Moores '96). This one did everything right.
> It grew with lots of increase during last summer's heat and drought;
> it put up three tall stalks with perfect branching; it started with one
> bloom and then carried a minimum of 3 blooms without a break for
> four weeks until it finally finished with one last bloom. The blooms
> were never jammed or crowded and always displayed well. It withstood
> rain, high winds and too hot temps without ever going limp but without
> an over abundance of substance. If it continues in years to come with
> this kind of performance, it will be a benchmark against which to measure
> other irises. If only 20% of what I grow would do as well, I'd learn to do
> the Iris Jig. Unfortunately, nothing else quite reached this level. Other
> good performers were VOLTAGE, THORNBIRD, TRAITOR, STUDY IN
> BLACK, BREAKERS, TENNESSEE GENTLEMAN, ELECTRIQUE,
> DESIGNING WOMAN, AMERICAN SWEETHEART, TITAN'S GLORY
> and SUPERSTITION. Some weren't necessarily my favorite blooms,
> but these all grew and bloomed well.
>
> Now I know these next awards are what everyone who has read this
> far have been waiting on.
>
> The Raspberry Awards:
> Given to irises which went thru a second year with NO bloom.
> GOOD SHOW - say what? Say when? Where? NO SHOW would be
> a better name so far. OKLAHOMA CRUDE - no gusher here. BLUE
> CHEER hasn't given any cheer of any color. PALAZZO - sunk in the
> canals of Venice for all I can tell. CODICIL will sure need the rest of
> its last will and testament at this rate. PINK HORIZON remains beyond
> the horizon.
>
> The Bronx Cheer Award:
> To the rather high dollar purchases from a reliable source which
> turned out to be some other cultivar than what was ordered. No matter
> how nice the unknown imposter turns out, it is irritating to grow one thing
> and have it bloom as another.
>
> The Bum Steer Award:
> Copperhead snakes in the iris beds. This inevitably causes brief
> frenetic activity which poses an immediate and clear threat to surrounding
> iris plants. This is definitely not desirable, even tho such activity can
> be a
> source of much amusement to any who happen to witness said acitivity.
> However, the associated language in these circumstances is unsuitable for
> the young, the proper and perhaps even the occasional sailor. Clearly not
> appropriate for the dignified.
>
> Donald Eaves
> donald@eastland.net
> Texas Zone 7
>
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