Re: TB--CORAL STRAND!
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- Subject: Re: TB--CORAL STRAND!
- From: B* J* <l*@cland.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 20:36:02 -0600 (MDT)
Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I thought it was interesting that Dave Niswonger mentioned CORAL STRAND in
> his biographical essay. I hope he is proud of this early introduction,
> because it is a good plant. I got my start as an extra in an order, and, like
> so many things that have come in as gifts, it is a very strong grower. Mine
> didn't bloom its first year, but it increased very well and the following
> year it sent up several well branched stalks which showed ruffled blooms
> with warm rosy beige falls and near white standards. Deep in the heart are a
> few sly mauve freckles. It bloomed so long I wearied of it. I divided the
> clump and reset it, giving some away. I had one double nosed rhizome left
> over and in desperation potted it up, thinking to find it a home before fall.
> None materialized, so I tucked it up under the magnolia tree under the
> Christmas tree limbs with the other potted irises to ride out the winter and
> this spring it cranked into gear. It is on the patio, still in its 12" pot,
> with two good stalks, normal height, one with two wide branches and a spur.
> No goosenecking, no snapped stem, no aborted buds, no frost damage, no rot,
> and two increases. Also, it is pretty!
>
> Anner Whitehead, Richmond, VA Zone 7
> Henry Hall henryanner@aol.com
Thanks for a great story about a great iris! I looked in Dave's last
three catalogs and CORAL STRAND is not listed, but I'm sure it is
available somewhere, so I'll put it on my Want List.
And, I will print up your post and send it on to him with a copy of my
post of his article. It was long overdue but I did finally get it
posted!
Barb Johnson ljohnson@cland.net
Southwest Missouri Ozarks USDA Zone 5b AIS Region 18 (MO & KS)
