Re: AB: name your favs
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- Subject: Re: AB: name your favs
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 10:06:45 -0700 (MST)
J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
>
> > My arilbreds never looked better. In fact, the foliage is cleaner
> >than the TB foliage and bloomstalks are showing.
> >
> Noted this at the end of Walter's post and wanted to add that my AB's look
> so terrific, even after all of this rain, I am seriously encouraged to add
> more to my garden. Not many folks in our club grow ABs. Maybe we should.
>
> What are some of your favorite arilbreds and why?
In case some of you may have missed it, I'll retype a short article I
had in the 1996 Aril Society International yearbook about my 6 favorite
arilbreds--
SILENT TEARS (Peterson 91)--very vigorous light violet splashed with
blue-violet "tears"--we used to call this the "Batik of our arilbreds".
It never fails to put on a fabulous show and is the #1 seller among our
arilbreds every year. A clump in full bloom is a beauty to behold! Any
grower of arilbreds should try SILENT TEARS--you'll just love it! 1/4
Aril
KUZA-NAMA (Hager 83)--lavenderish standards and "glowing" orangish
falls. The falls radiate that neon-like orange glow that will stop you
in your tracks. 1/4 Aril
EMERALD FANTASY (Tate '83)--creamy lavender strongly netted and veined
in rich dark purple--no emerald in sight, but one of the earlier and
showier arilbreds. (Check out the anthers to find the emerald--Editor)
3/4 Aril
ONLOOKER (Hager 85)--Ohhh, that large blackish circular signal is surely
an eye-catcher! If I had to pick just a single flower as the most
beautiful arilbred, it would be the large perfectly formed flower of
ONLOOKER! And it does grow large flowers here. 1/2 Aril
GENETIC ARTIST (Danielson 72)--hard to describe, but the flowers are a
nice mixture of lavender, blue, yellow, and white all swirled up to
perfection! It has open standards, but that just adds to the allure of
the flower. 1/2 Aril
TEL AVIV (Foster 70)--dark maroon almost totally covered with veins of
greyish-maroon; big, bold, and showy. 1/2 Aril
These would be the six arilbreds we'd grow if we only had room for six!
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California Sierra Nevada foothills--Zone 8--drying continues
with another sunny, bright day, but still relatively cool--only low 60s
