Re: CULT: Favorites - long

OK Donald

I'll let my mind wander
Firstly
HOLY FIRE - So, I've had it less than a year and not much anticipation is
required as it's hardly been out ot bloom, but still has good increase. It's
doing better than Mesmerizer, and the bright red beards give it a lift.
Crisp form and substance excellent. Very fertile too.

OVERJOYED - New for me, first bloom last spring,  love the exquiste draped
form and blended tones of yellow. Have just bought more stock as I can't
have too much of this one. Fertile too.

BABOON BOTTOM - Does well for me, good blooming median with nice colour
break.

BROKEN DREAMS - OK so I'm a sucker for a good broken colour. Love the form
and colour, A Kepple iris that does surprisingly well for me.

TOTALL RECALL - Always reblooms well, a lovely yellow.

SILK ROMANCE - a big lusty grower from Blyth, beautful soft silken lavender
with red beards.

KATH:LEEN KAY NELSON - My pick of the blues. Such crisp wide form.

BINALONG - From little recognized Aussie breeder, Kevin Nilsen it has rich
brown stds and near black falls. Could be a bit bigger grower.  Darker than
Copatonic which I also love.(I'm going to cheat here and say I love most of
Nilsen's stuff espec Timbertone, Ibiza, Conimbla, Papunya and Noobinna)

BAHLOO - bright yellow, yellow, yellow and not a touch of gold. An oldie but
a goodie, Aussie bred. Better form than Harvest of Memories but not so much
rebloom.

For number 10 I run into trouble and there's a lot  more crowding my mind at
this point
but I'll prob give it to

SIDONE - an Aust bred spuria from Pauline Evans, superb form and substance
and a class ahead of most of the other spuria. (Evan's Peake Alone is not
far behind)

Probably if I thought for another day I'd come up with a few different names
To cheat I'll tell some of the next few places
Pemcaw - prob the best late white, a stem looks like a bridal bouquet,
Orange Slices - could have better form, but a mass of bloom and colour. Boss
Tweed - love the branching, Rustler - richness of brown colour. Betty Cooper
(Sp) - unstoppable, unkillable, good bloomer.
I'd better stop here as I grow over 1000 iris and I could give loving
reasons for at least half of them.

Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills
South Australia
zone 8/9
irises@senet.com.au








----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Eaves <donald@eastland.net>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2002 3:30 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Favorites - long


> Dennis
>
> >I'd have to think hard to narrow down the list to my
> >Top-10.
>
> I didn't try.  There were originally 15 on the list and anything after the
> first 10 simply were deleted.
>
> >Basically I love whatever happens to be in bloom.  :)
>
> I think all of us who grow iris feel this way to some extent.  That's why
I
> said now was the time to pick your favorites based on the anticipation
> factor of seeing something that has bloomed before.  Here's how you do it.
> Relax and let your mind wander out in the beds, nooks, crannies and rows
of
> the garden.  Let the memories of what you've seen there in seasons past
come
> to the fore.  As you wander around among the names and memories of the
iris
> you grow, I think you'll find there will be a few that cause that tickle
of
> anticipation at seeing them again.  It will be stronger than for many
> others, though you'll like them too.  Make your entry.  Try and figure out
> why.  At the end, you can go back and number the entries and lop it off at
> ten.  The exercise surprised me in that it only contained 15 out of the
> hundreds I have growing.  For me the starting point of the memory walk was
> the first name on the list.  Everything that followed just came as I took
> the walk, so the order likely would have been different if I'd followed a
> different path in my mind.  You'll also find your mind is not tied to a
> specific path as your feet are, and the bloom time within a season has no
> effect, so the order can get really scrambled.
>
> Donald Eaves
> donald@eastland.net
> Texas Zone 7b, USA
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