Re: SPEC: I foetidissima
Dear Jan, I thought you might like to know that you can get the variagated
form of iris foetidissima from Woodbridge Nursery , PO.OBox 90 Woodbridge
Tas, 7162,,,, hope this helps....also I have also been caught by Norgates
creative naming, however I think that my Babbling Brook is actually Going my
Way....Looks exactly like a named GMW that I was given as a present.
You would think that when you are purchasing from a reliable grower, that
they would get the names correct? Sorry this has taken a while to get back
to you, but the cows have been busy calving..........Regareds
wendy./....wendon@dcsi.net.au.. the dutch iris are poping up in places , I
should remember to stick a label so I remember where I put them all.....mind
you there is about 450plus bulbs.....I almost shortened some life spans
yesterday....Oh the joys of gardening in Winter......
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 8:46 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] SPEC: I foetidissima
> >How is this very dubious nuseryman (want to make sure I never by anything
> >from him)
>
> Not so much dubious as ignorant, but you won't come across him, so don't
> worry. Anything I buy I verify as best I can, and anything too dubious, I
> avoid. He had a lot of stuff from Sue and Garry Reid, who put out a mail
> order cat. of rare bulbs. I'm fairly sure they would be reliable, and
> everything he had was well labelled.
> The TB's come from Norgates, down Trentham way, and all the iris people
know
> they are incorrectly labelled, but Norgate's mail order cunstomers don't.
> There are a few mail order bulb nurseries in Vic, that sell incorrectly
> labelled irises. Norgates told me they got their names from Tesselaars.
> Someone from Tesselaars checked them out ages ago, and said you've got
such
> and such, and they have been thus named ever since.
>
> >The only foetidissima I know is pinkish yellow (sort of)
>
> I found a picture in Kohlein, and it looks like the picture he had on the
> plant. Much like your description. Kohlein also mentions , white, blue,
and
> yellow. Time will tell.
> It's the variegated one that I'm most curious about. It doesn't look like
my
> pallida, and I haven't seen the variegated psuedocoris.
>
> >Does the real Babbling Brook exist in Australia,
> >I'd love some.
>
> Dianne has it, but not enough to spare just yet. I think she has you in
> mind.
>
> AJ gave me a very old catalogue (1963-4) from Errey Bros. Camperdown, vic,
> which lists heaps of historics. I'll check if she has another, and send it
> to you. I will see her on saturday.
> I love their little comment at the front of the catalogue:
> Are your irises out of date?
> "Many iris gardens have now reached the stage where replanting has become
> necessary, and this is the time when you should take stock and discard all
> but the greatest favourites. You may be loath to part with some of the
> varieties that have given you so much pleasure over the years, but the
newer
> developments are so much better and will bring distinctive beauty to your
> garden for a small outlay and no extra work. For an investment in beauty,
> select from our list..."
>
> An excellent sales pitch don't you think?
>
> I'm very jealous of all your rebloom! Might have more luck next year - we
> are planning a major upheavel - shifting to Ballarat. Garden and all.
> It's quite a bit cooler there, with snow occassionally (well icy slush
> really). Beautiful volcanic soil.
> More on that later - I will need heaps of advice on moving something like
> 400 large clumps of irises, and many smaller ones, that will go in pots.
>
> I'm sending to the list, because I can't find your address off hand, and
I'm
> vain enough to think that something I have written might be of interest to
> the list.
> Cheers, Jan
>
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