Re: CULT:Ugly Irises
- Subject: Re: CULT:Ugly Irises
- From: p*
- Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 02:21:38 -0000
Dana,
I LOVE Prancing Pony -- looked for it a long time before I got it
back. No accounting for personal taste...
Patricia Brooks
--- In iris-talk@y..., "Dana Brown" <ddbro@l...> wrote:
> Walta',
> I can't argue with most of your choices but I like Rhythm so
much I
> searched for it for two years to find it. I also like Peacock's
Eye. One
> you didn't mention that I find "ugly" is Prancing Pony. That was
the first
> iris I every voluntarily got rid of.
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> Dana Brown
> Malevil Iris Gardens
> Pres. South Plains Iris Society
> Region 17, Judges Training Chairperson
> AIS, MIS, ASI, RIS, TBIS
> Lubbock, TX 79403
> Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
> d*@l...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jgcrumpe2001 [j*@e...]
> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 5:53 PM
> To: iris-talk@y...
> Subject: [iris-talk] Re: CULT:Ugly Irises
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> --- In iris-talk@y..., "wmoores" <wmoores@w...> wrote:
> > I am submitting the names of the following candidates to the all-
> > time-great Ugly Iris Hall of Fame:
> >
> > AUNT NELLIE
> > BABOON BOTTOM
> > BROWN LASSO
> > FOGBOUND
> > GOLD KIST
> > GREEN DRAGON
> > MIRROR MIRROR
> > PEACOCK'S EYE
> > RHYTHM
> > SHARRE
> > THORNBIRD
> >
> > Keep in mind that many of these are award winners, one even
> > winning the Dykes. I started not to mention it because of all of
> the
> > previous talk about it, but it has just got to be on a list like
> this!
> >
> > Walter Moores
> > Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8 (where JUNGLE SHADOWS isn't ugly.
> > Everybody who sees it wants it).
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> Well, Walta, while I can't argue with most of your selections, I
have
> to say a word in defense of THORNBIRD. In my experience, it depends
> on the garden in which you see it. I have seen it looking "ho-hum"
> and I have seen it looking very handsome. But I haven't yet seen it
> looking "yuk!" (i.e., ugly). But, of course, we all know where
> beauty is. -- Griff
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