Re: TB: CULT: favorite blue/red beards

From: Glenn Simmons <poppies@worldspy.net>

GardnrJan1@aol.com wrote:

>
> Patrick,
>     PCDM is a gorgeous iris in pictures...I too have wondered if it's a light
> as the pictures show, or darker.  (Did the "others" say?).    One of these
> days I'm going to grow it because I love the blues with red beards.   I have
> SKYBLAZE right now but have yet to see it bloom.   I heard SUPERMAN also has
> a red beard...does anyone who grows it tell me if it's darker than SKYBLAZE?
>
>    BTW, I think that sparkling effect is called "diamond dusting" in some
> catalogs, but I'm not sure that's a real term for that effect.
>    I'll have to give my favorite blues vote after I see all my blues bloom
> this year, most haven't shown their colors yet. <g>
>
> Janet Natale
> zone 8 of SC, Myrtle Beach where we're getting rain today which the iris
> should LOVE.

Hi Janet,

We don't grow any of the blues you have listed but we do grow one blue with a
bright red beard that is quite stunning when in bloom.  We have Twilight Blaze,
Keppel 92.  The best way I can describe Twilight Blaze is to say it is an almost
metallic steel blue with very bright red beard.  This iris gets everyone's
attention when they walk into our garden.  I like the colors however, I feel the
bloom is a little on the small side and the stalks are a little shorter than what
I like in a TB.  I would grow this iris for the color alone no matter what else I
think about it.

Glenn


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