Re: TB Almost Heaven & Halfway to Heaven
- Subject: Re: TB Almost Heaven & Halfway to Heaven
- From: P* D*
- Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:16:38 -0600
From: "Perry Dyer" <pdyer@flash.net>
I'm with Walter on comments RE Shirley M. It is the best of its kind, and
one of the most beautiful irises I grow. I'm breeding heavily with it. I
call it an improved Sophistication (Hamblen, a parent of S.M., I believe).
Evelyn's demise this past year is a great loss. She was a very talented
hybridizer with a keen eye.
Perry Dyer
central Oklahoma
-----Original Message-----
From: Walter Moores <wmoores@watervalley.net>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Saturday, March 20, 1999 10:01 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: TB Almost Heaven & Halfway to Heaven
From: "Walter Moores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>
>From: Randy Squires
>Has anyone grown or seen these?
>Pinks with blue beards,
>Are they large ruffled flowers?
>Has anyone made crosses with them?
Randy, et. al.,
I grow HALFWAY TO HEAVEN and recommend it highly. For me, it is a
large, delightfully ruffled orchid pink. The beard is not entirely
blue - only at the end, the rest of the beard towards the throat is
tangerine. A lot of the blue bearded pinks share this trait of only
the end of the beard showing blue.
Dave Niswonger hybridized H T H and a lot of other 'blue bearded'
pinks. This iris one won an HM last year, so others have thought
highly of it, too. It is a very husky grower as well.
Another 'blue bearded' pink is SHIRLEY M. This is by Evelyn
Kegerise. Phil Williams of Rocky Top Gardens writes the following in
TALL TALK about S M. "S M is head and shoulders above all the other
'wanna be' blue-bearded pinks. It has good color contrast, well
formed flowers, surprisingly strong blue beards, good branching and
bud count ... and the bloom is heavy and dependable. Super plants."
I ordered S M last year and am hoping to verify Phil's description
when I see it bloom in my garden.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
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