Re: TB cheap
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
I can commiserate. I am always asked if I can ID an iris. While I don't
mind doing this for some of the perennial nurseries -- they usually just
want to verify that they have what they think they have or something got
mixed up but they have a list of what it could be. But for others...
Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4) -- where the show is this weekend and the only
beardeds left with possible show stalks are Sonja's Selah, Xanthrippes Halo
and Glass Slipper.
> Member asked me over to look at her iris she had bought for Gurney's.
> One was suppose to be a pink was BATIK, one was TOMMOROW"S CHILD don't
> recall what it was suppose to be, and she was very disappointed when I
> told her that pale yellow couldn't be CHIEF HEMATITE. The rest I couldn't
> quess what they might be as there are to many like them. Members are
> becoming believers that buying from iris growers give them better odds of
> revieving what they order.
> Why don't checklist include more information,ie if fall are semi of
> fully flared, beard color, standards domed upright, open, finish diamond
> dusted, flat, velvet, branching and appropiate number of buds? Yes I
> realize this would make checklist more expensive but they would certainly
> be more helpful.
>
> Carol Fisher Mio,MI Zone 4 sand
>
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