Re: CULT: We have lift off!
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- Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 08:33:29 -0700
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From: "Carol Fisher" <fisherc@jjemail.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 02:17
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: We have lift off!
> From: Irisborer@aol.com
>
> Well boyz and girlz, The Season has begun in earnest at the Stately Guest
> Estates (which are not in Earnest at all, but in East Aurora, NY). A few
> years ago, I did away with the front yard, which was tiny and full of
> grass.... and turned it into raised beds. A local nursery built me some
big
> old beds with railroad ties and rocks and then just backed up the truck
and
> let go with a mixture of horse manure, soil and compost. So we have have
> these conditions:
>
> southern exposure
> well-drained
> rich in nutrients (I don't fertilize)
>
> The irises take off as if shot from cannons, and I have little rot
(although
> I just flung my first fan away).
>
> So.... what's in bloom?? First of all, the incomparable MAUI MOONLIGHT
> (Aitken) is at peak. I can't say enough about this iris, which shall
remain
> always at the Manse. This is an IB of great presence - lemon yellow that
> positively GLOWS at dusk and always puts on a spectacular show. Falls
stand
> out smartly and it's got it all. (Jeff.... I believe this is a
bellweather
> iris??)
>
> ORINOCO FLOW is just beginning to bloom (another bellweather). This is a
> purple and white plicata (or white iris dotted purple) ... but this one
has
> personality plus. The white is stark white... nothing cream or muted
about
> it. The color of expensive sheets, line dried. The standards and falls
are
> very thinly rimmed with a royal blue/violet ...
Kathy don't forget those royal blue/violet stylearms! Since Howard Hughes
made the Queen's Table with this one in '97 Half the Mio Irisarians want
this BB although it often grows out of class. Still a beautiful thing to
behold
Carol Fisher Mio Michigan Zone 4 sand
>
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