Re: TB Edith Wolford
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB Edith Wolford
- From: I* I*
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 11:47:35 +0930
I grow Lullaby of Spring, which is a lavender/yellow bicolour. Nothing dull
about it. Superb growth, huge stems of beautifully lacy blooms. Most people
love it.
Colleen Modra
-----Original Message-----
From: John Reeds <jreeds@microsensors.com>
To: 'iris-talk@yahoogroups.com' <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 2:02 AM
Subject: RE: [iris-talk] TB Edith Wolford
>Sounds like another iris that needs a winter freeze to trigger good
>growth/bloom. Just about everyone I know in southern California is
>disgusted with its performance, though I heard it did well for someone in
>the "high desert" area. Their winters are cooler. We all get stubby fans,
>infrequent (if any) bloom, and lucky-to-break-even increase. Great color,
>but not if you never get to see it. A Dykes medal winner should be more
>dependable. Amusing though, to see all the good-growing dull yellow /
>lavender bicolors subsequently introduced by people who just didn't
>understand that Edith's color was what made her so attractive, and dull
>yellow / lavender just doesn't do it.
>
>John Reeds
>jreeds@microsensors.com
>
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>> From: lilylvr[SMTP:lilylvr@kansas.net]
>> Reply To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 11:43 PM
>> To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB Edith Wolford
>>
>> I have Edith Wolford in a very dappled shade location. The Rhizomes are
>> exposed to open air. The soil is on the tough side and needs amendments
to
>> lighten it up. It has divided admirably there and looks like it will have
>> 3 or 4 bloomstalks this year. I was going to move part of it but after
>> what I have read I may just leave it as long as it does not crowd itself.
>> It only gets sun until 10 or 11 am. It also gets reflected light off the
>> windshield of my car. I have had other iris I had to move into the sun to
>> make happy but this is not one of them. I do use supersulfate once in the
>> spring and again in the fall. Maybe this will help. I hope so. My flowers
>> on this plant are just luminous with beautiful branching. It tolerated
111
>> degrees for a week last summer and 30 below with no cover last December.
>> Maybe it can not tolerate full sun.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Kitty & Bruce Loberg
>> To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 7:36 AM
>> Subject: [iris-talk] TB Edith Wolford
>>
>>
>> Sandra,
>> Edith Wolford, in my warmer Calif. climate doesn't grow well or
>> increase much. Same with Beverly Sills. I had just about given up
on
>> Edith. Then two years ago I put it in a new bed with LOTS of
compost...
>> iris food... and it's doing quite nicely. I don't know if it likes to
>> be a
>> heavy feeder or not... anyone else have an experience of saving iris by
>> planting in heavy compost with those varieties which don't seem to
>> thrive?
>> Kitty Loberg, Northern Calif.
>>
>> >I tried Edith Wolford, too. She didn't make the winter. I am on my
>> third
>> and
>> >hopefully final time for Honky Tonk Blues ( it bloomed for me once and
>> I
>> loved
>> >it),
>>
>> > >. So far, 18 of them look like they've survived this
>> > > prolonged winter, including Edith Wolford (her 3rd & LAST CHANCE
>> HERE!).
>> >
>>
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