MED: Re Making Eyes
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- Subject: MED: Re Making Eyes
- From: J* P* <j*@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:00:30 -0700 (MST)
> I also have the SDB, MAKING EYES,
> which I ordered from Schreiner's in 1995. The first spring (1996) in my
> garden it did not bloom, but grew and increased well. It just finished
> blooming for me this week and I have to say that I was a little let down.
> The contrast between the standards and falls wasn't nearly as intense as
> pictured in the Schreiner catalog. It almost made me wonder if I had
> received the correct iris. The dark red-purple falls pictured in the
> catalog turned out to be a light reddish-purple spot on a white fall. The
> nice white rim around the falls shown in the catalog seemed a little
> smudged and didn't really stand out. Maybe I'm too far south for this one
> or the pH of my soil has thrown the colors off.
I too was disappointed when MAKING EYES first bloomed last year,and
I'm a lot farther north. It also seemd to stay much shorter than
my other SDB's.
I only had a few bloom last year, added a lot more over the summer
though. GINGERBREAD MAN and GENTLE GRACE were the two that I was
most impressed with, nice clumps and lovely flowers.
Joanne
Hamburg, NY zone 5/6
jopyz@earthlink.net
