RE: HYB: Another Louisa's Song Seedling

John,

 It was I who mentioned the rake--quite a contraption, this rake is, but did
not intend to imply that you could rake within your clumps of iris, merely
between the clumps and down rows, should you actually have rows. For me it
should come in quite handy to rake out the garden, among the iris and other
plants I have, some of which have more open space around them than others.

On the other hand, my other half is less than impressed <g>, but she really
likes the combination laser level/stud finder <G>.

\\Steve// 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of John
Reeds
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 12:54 PM
To: iris-talk; BARRY-BLYTH
Subject: [iris] HYB: Another Louisa's Song Seedling

Had another Louisa's Song seedling open yesterday: Rippling River x LS.
Like
most seedlings, always one flaw.  Good stalk, great DARK purple (black
grape)
color, darkest in the fall centers and the tips of the standards.  Well
ruffled, tightly-closed standards, the one flaw is that the
arched/semi-flaring falls are too elongated for perfect proportion.  The
flowers are huge.

Someone mentioned a rake for cleaning leaves from iris beds.  In my previous
home, neighbors had pepper trees, ask trees, and a jacaranda all of which
smothered my iris beds with debris.  Rakes are kinda' brutal; I taped a
large
nylon paintbrush to an old broom handle and used that to sweep between the
fans.

In A Kiss and Honey House (Blyth iris) are both blooming very prettily here.
So are a couple of spurias (I like Adobe Sunset); and the gladiolas are just
starting.

John Reeds
lamegardener@msn.com
San Juan Capistrano, California zone 9b

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