Re: Edith's Revenge
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Edith's Revenge
- From: C* M*
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 06:25:00 +1100
Walter
I'm surprised about HT Blues. It does very well here. Not quite of weed
proportions (likes Jesse's Song) but a very good doer.
Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills
South Australia
zone 8/9
irises@senet.com.au
----- Original Message -----
From: wmoores <wmoores@watervalley.net>
To: <GardnrJan1@aol.com>; <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 1:50 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Edith's Revenge
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> On 3 Mar 2002 at 9:21, GardnrJan1@aol.com wrote:
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> > In a message dated 3/2/2002 6:47:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > patsiris@msn.com writes:
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> > > Edith was a member of the Iris Society of Dallas for many years and
> > > she deserved a better iris to be named for her. I just hope she
> > > doesn't hear all the bad comments.
> > > Pat in Dallas
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> > Pat,
> > I think the next improvement on EW should be named EDITH'S
> > REVENGE
> > <G>
> >
> > Janet Natale
> > zone 8 of SC
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> >
> Edith Wolford is a gracious lady and would get a big chuckle
> about all of this flack over her namesake.
>
> Who saw those gigantic rows of EDITH WOLFORD when
> Melrose was on tour at the San Jose Convention in 1986? Who
> could have predicted that what we were seeing was a 'one-garden
> wonder?' Nobody - not even Ben could have predicted that this
> plant would sulk outside of its home garden. It just happened.
>
> As Fred said, she grows somewhere - well enough for AIS Judges
> to vote her the highest award. Let's hear from those where she is
> deserving of her Dykes?
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> Also, EW is not the only poor performer among the Dykes Medal
> Winners, as we all know.. I had better luck with EW than
> HONKYTONK BLUES, which I replaced probably three times
> without ever seeing it bloom. KILT LILT, EVERYTHING PLUS, and
> BEFORE THE STORM are in the questionable category, too.
> These are all gone from my garden, dying a natural death. EW
> was tossed.
>
> Walter Moores
> Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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