Re: SDB; mystery cultivars

Thanks Christy for taking the time to do some checking.  Both 'Sapphire 
Gem' and '[new] Bedford Lilac' sounded familiar to me, but I couldn't 
place them.  The 'Sapphire Gem' I should have found in my copy of the 
'70's checklist, but I missed it somehow (haven't gone back to look again 
yet).  The 'Bedford Lilac' is newer than any of my listings.  I'm 
definitely biased toward old Iris; so, I haven't had much reason to buy, 
downloaded, nor keep current access to any of the newer checklists.  One 
of these days I'll get them.

Yesterday I set out my Home Depot "New Bedford Lilac" plants and a small 
white printed tag fell out of one of the pots (not the fancy photographic 
commercial tag with the wrong photo that was in there too), and it said 
"Bedford Lilac" with no "New".  I don't know if that's what it really is, 
but it looks reasonably similar to the few pictures I can find.  So, that 
may be two of the Home Depot blues that are  registered, correct, and 
legitimate

It would be interesting to learn more about the "Wood's" line of 
cultivars.  I wonder if they are just putting made up catalog names on 
some NOIDS they grow, or if they actually bred or are distributing some 
cultivars of their own.  So far, I haven't contacted Northwest 
Horticulture themselves.

I have certainly never seen anything that looks like their 'Wood's Light 
Blue', and I can't imagine any breeder introducing one that looks like 
that since perhaps about 1940.  Even in 1900 it would have been 
questionable.  However, it does look a lot like a number of the really old 
IB and I. x germanica cultivars in form and habit, and I suppose it could 
be some old Sass thing or collected thing that I've never heard of.  It 
reminds me of I. albicans, but with less substance, and of course it is 
pale blue.  The other "Wood's" cultivars they list, I haven't seen, so I 
don't have much to say about them - just curious.

Dave

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