Re: JI: Source for Shogun

My dad fell in love with that picture too. It was a gorgous pic. He ordered
it,but passed on before it came in. I brought it home, when it finally got
there. DIED!!!!  Don't know if I did something wrong or inferior quality
plant. Dad wasn't much on names of flowers just bought what he liked!!  If
you still have that picture maybe you could scan it & someone on the iris-l
might be able to identify it. I'd like to know the name of it myself. Just
so I could order it from a reliable sourse & have it to remember dad by.
I've heard a lot of people order from Springhill,but most have ordered
roses. They seem to arrive just fine. Nothing I personally have ever order
from them has grown!!! I do much better at local nurseries or asking the
folks on the iris-l where good reliable places are for my lastest
addiction!!
Janice Stocks
Baytown,TX
zone 9-10
depends on just where you look for your zone!
-----Original Message-----
From: william b. cook <billc@atlantic.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
Date: Sunday, March 22, 1998 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: JI: Source for Shogun


>>
>> >Last year Springhill offered a collection of iris which included
>siberians,
>> >japanese, TB rebloomers, etc.  I was leery of the source and already had
>some
>> >of the iris offered but found myself attracted to one of the japanese,
>> >SHOGUN.
>> >I have been looking for a source since but have yet to find one.
>> >
>> Karen - I checked in the 1996 Checklist published by the Society for
>Japanese
>> Irises and see no SHOGUN offered.  This means that whatever Springhill
>was
>> offereing, it may not have been registered officially, or it might be
>anything
>> at all with that name slapped on.
>
>     Some sources, including the one mentioned, appear to have the bad
>habit of putting "house" names on their stock.  As in the case of SHOGUN,
>it is a "Japanese sounding" name, but that name is already occupied by a
>historic TB Iris.  This is not the first time this has happened.
>     Once again, (if you want plants to be properly named) this is why I
>recommend getting plants from specialty sources or those that specialize in
>only a few plant types.
>>
>> My suggestion to you is to either find an iris with the coloration of
>SHOGUN
>> and a truly registered name...
>
>     This would be the best thing for you to do.
>
>> Have you checked the Ensata Gardens catalog?  How about any of the other
>> Japanese Iris growers?  Can you describe the iris?
>
>      The Iris you come up with will not be named "shogun" but at least it
>will be properly named of you follow this lead.
>>
>> Again, speaking personally, my Springhill catalog does not spend much
>time at
>> all in my house.....
>
>     If I get one, it goes directly to the recycle bin.  The last one I got
>was forwarded from Kentucky.  I hope they somehow manage to "lose" me.
>
>Mark A. Cook
>billc@atlantic.net
>Dunnellon, Florida USDA Zone 8/9      Sunset Zone 28/26
>
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