Re: LA: Godzilla

STAR WARS.  I don't know any Irises by that name, but there is a recently
(here in Australia at least) released Magnolia x soulangiana called Star
Wars.  Might not be of any interest to you at all, but I thought I'd
mention it.

Cheers.       Paul Tyerman (Canberra Australia)

At 10:10 26/03/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Dennis, are you saying that you presently have 2 fans of GODZILLA growing?
>I saw this iris in a catalog last year and was going to order it out of
>curiosity but I just never got around to it (a round tuit...gotta get one
>of those, too) 
>I confess that I buy many irises because of their name. It's a way of
>getting kids interested...BATMAN is the most popular in our garden with
>kids.  They always ask if I have any Star Wars irises...I don't, but I'm
>looking.  They put their name on a list and I call them in the fall. only
>one stipulation...they have to plant it and take care of it themself, then
>report back to us.  ROCK STAR, SPACE ANGEL, JESTER, WITCHES WAND, ORANGE
>SLICES(a candy sample in a zip-lock baggie provided so they don't eat my
>iris) BABOON BOTTOM and other Brad Kasperek irises...and I'm ordering many
>more of those from Terry Aitken's catalog this year.  These are but a few
>wiles we employ to get kids hooked on irises.  How come nobody's named a
>nice purple self, BARNEY?...I'd go for that one, wouldn't you, Dennis?
> And, BTW, I'm sorry about your mother's passing.  I still miss my mother,
>but I feel especially close to her when her irises bloom I my garden.  I
>take good care of them for her and wonder if my  kids will do the same for
>me.     Ann Henson, Zn 5/6 in S. IL where the wind is  being very "March"
>today...but it's warm & sunny.  
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