Re: DYKES: when will we know??
From: "Mark, Maureen" <MARKM@tc.gc.ca>
Gary,
I've been tooting Sonja's Selah at the convention and I've heard that it is
not consistently in class everywhere. But for me, it is certainly worth the
Dyke's.
Maureen Mark
m*@ottawa.com
Ottawa, Canada (zone 4)
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> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] DYKES: when will we know??
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> From: GWhite & LRader <bentfork@navix.net>
>
>
>
> Walter Moores wrote:
>
> > From: "Walter Moores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>
> >
> > > From: ItsRoTalk@aol.com
> > >
> > > Never thought I'd be as anxious about this as I am!! Any idea when we
> will
> > > know the results of the Dykes voting??
> > > I can't wait to get the next one in place!!
> > >
> > > Joni in Ga
> > > zone 7b
> >
> > You may already have it! HELLO DARKNESS, YAQUINA BLUE, or LEMON
> POP.
> >
> > Walter Moores
> > Enid Lake, MS 7/8
>
> What about SONJA'S SELAH? Its beautiful, a great grower, and
> distinctive.
> Isn't that what a Dykes Medal winner should be? So, its a border bearded
> -
> isn't it time we all started considering other fine distinctive irises for
> the
> Dykes? Not that I have anything against Tall Beardeds, mind you - I grow
> and
> love a lot of them, but in my mind, there are a large number of other
> irises
> such as other beardeds, Siberians, Japanese, Louisianas, etc that are also
> deserving of the Dykes. As we have been hearing on this list, some of the
> tall
> beardeds that have won the Dykes may not have really been worthy enough
> for the
> title. Did they win just because they were tall beardeds, when there were
> irises in contention from other groups that would have been better
> choices. I
> think that SONJA'S SELAH is one of those great irises that is worthy of
> the
> Dykes. I have grown it for several years and its always top-notch and
> very
> popular as well with visitors to my garden. So what say you all, can we
> put
> SONJA'S SELAH on that short list for the Dykes this year?
>
> Gary White, in Lincoln, NE where again its raining and my grass is getting
> taller every day.
>
>
>
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