Re: CULT:In Search of "Perfect" TB Irises
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT:In Search of "Perfect" TB Irises
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 08:48:34 -0600
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> From: StorYlade@aol.com
>
> These irises need both garden presence and bench presence. They should
have
> it all: Height (32 to 38 inches), stalks (center branch straight with
curved
> branches & NO falling stalks, PLEASE), branching (show bench), bud count
> (7+), domed standards, and flaring falls, nearly horizontal. Oh, yes.
> Substance like plastic.
IMO, JESSE'S SONG (Williamson, '83) meets all the criteria you have listed,
except the last one, and fortunately it possesses all the substance that
could be desired without looking as if it were constructed from synthetic
materials. Amazingly enough, it also received the recognition it merited -
the Dykes Medal!
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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