Re: HYB: Greenies du Jour?
- Subject: Re: HYB: Greenies du Jour?
- From: P* D*
- Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:37:15 -0600
From: "Perry Dyer" <pdyer@flash.net>
How about the great Pride of Ireland (Noyd). I grew it for years. And my
own SDB, Herbal Essence (I. '82), with citron standards and a fern green
spot pattern in the falls which covers most of same.
Perry Dyer
central Oklahoma
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From: HIPSource@aol.com <HIPSource@aol.com>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 1999 9:38 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] HYB: Greenies du Jour?
>From: HIPSource@aol.com
>
>Our Borer, in fine fettle, said,
>
><< And may be Luck of the Iris be with ye >>
>
>But of course. And let's hear it for blarney, the commodity which oft fuels
>this forum.
>
>Does anyone think it might be nice to have a list of the finer so called
>"green" irises? We've discussed this here before from the standpoint of
which
>was the "greenest" available, and possibly we wore the subject out, but we
>sure did not talk about all of them, and most of what we discussed were
TBs,
>as I recall.
>
>Now, green is a relative thing in irises, and some say it must not be
confused
>with dull yellow or chartreuse, which I observe is a color named for a
>legendary firewater which comes in two forms, one much greener than the
other.
>But the Irish say that Ireland contains ten thousand shades of green, or
some
>such elevated number, so perhaps we might be inclusive on just this one
>occasion.
>
>I'll mention a few obvious names. Perhaps somone else will mention a few
less
>obvious, even some greenish beardless ones? Some oncos? The littles? I'd
also
>like to hear about some of those 'green' Austins if anyone knows them.
>
>EVERGREEN HIDEAWAY (TB), KERMIT (IB), KING OF KINGS (white SIB, green
>infusion) and Hermodactyllus tuberosus.
>
>Anner Whitehead
>HIPSource@aol.com
>
>
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