RE: HYB: Another Louisa's Song Seedling

Hi,
I have one and it is great for getting leaves and
junk between the rows.
Char, New Berlin WI

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net
[o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of Steve
Szabo
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 10:11 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: RE: [iris] 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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