RE: SKYDANCER was STARBABY with 5 falls!
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- Subject: RE: SKYDANCER was STARBABY with 5 falls!
- From: "* M* <M*@tc.gc.ca>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 11:46:01 -0600 (MDT)
Here's another one. SKYDANCER's (Chapman 97) last "bloom" has five of
everything but looks like siamese twins. It isn't until you look
closely that you realize that the flower parts are all coming out of the
same bud -- it looks like two blooms jammed close together.
Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
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> From: Ellen Gallagher[SMTP:e_galla@moose.ncia.net]
> Reply To: iris-l@rt66.com
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 1998 12:46 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: MED: STARBABY with 5 falls!
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> Just a note to say STARBABY (SDB) just opened today with:
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> 5 falls
> 4 styles
> 3 standards
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> Perfectly healthy and good color. This same plant bloomed
> normally
> last year. It is in the same bed with JEWELER'S ART who has some
> flowers with 4 falls and some with 3 this year. All the other
> irises
> have the correct number of parts - so far. What a hoot....
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> BTW, SKYRAY (Tasco) opened today and is stunning. Right next to
> SMART (Innerst) which takes the prize for the most disctinctive
> color this year - so far. SMART is new in my garden and is a
> knock-out. Pefectly in proportion which is not the case with
> some
> SDBs this year.
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> Cheers,
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> Ellen
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> Ellen Gallagher / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
> Siberian iris robin / sibrob@ncia.net
> Northern New Hampshire, USA / USDA Zone 3
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