CULT: Foliage Only Irises
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- Subject: CULT: Foliage Only Irises
- From: v* l*
- Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 15:27:16 -0700 (PDT)
--- wmoores@watervalley.net wrote:
> The following is a list of bearded irises that I have
> been growing
> for foliage only. Some have been here for five years, a
> few have
> been moved to different locations in the garden, and all
> still refuse
> to bloom. They get the same TLC that the bloomers get.
> The last
> two years have been very good for irises here, and I
> would imagine
> that more than ninety percent of what I grow has bloomed.
> Am I
> the only person having trouble blooming these irises?
> These were
> all bought from the originators or a reliable source, so
> I feel they
> are true to name. They are in different rows or beds and
> are
> scattered all over the garden. They are:
>
> Cherry Lane
V. - I started with two rhizomes of this, and now have
one sickly little thing.
> Fantasm
V. - I don't have this, but I have seen it growing in
PA. I thought the bud count was low, so I didn't get it,
but at least it was blooming.
> Frosting
V. - I got rid of this because I wasn't excited by the
color or growth, but it did bloom.
> Gnu Again
V. - This has bloomed both years that it has been here.
> Misty Lady
V. - Is Gary Sides still on the list? I thought this did
well all over.
> Rainbow Goddess
V. - I wasn't excited by the color or bud count, but it
did bloom.
=====
Vince Lewonski<BR>vincelewonski@yahoo.com<BR>Secane, Pennsylvania, USA Zone 6b<BR><BR>"Take some time to stop and smell the flowers - and, while you're down there, pull a few weeds for me, willya?"
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