Re: OT-BIO: Mary Blatz

Mary:
 
Welcome to the list.  From the sound of it, you are hooked on gardening.  Most of us are always trying to find more space for our iris.  My husband likes his yard, but makes sure that there is plenty of space provided for the iris.  He loves them too.
 
Of the varieties you mentioned, I grow only CAROLINA GOLD.  It is described as follows:
 
CAROLINA GOLD  (L. Powell) 1969  Deep gold self on very sturdy stalks.  H.M. '72.
 
Loleta Powell lives just north of me.  I grew this iris in California and here, in North Carolina.  It is beautiful and one of my old favorites.  It has always been a prolific bloomer and heavy increaser for me. 
 
Again, glad to have you on the list.  I'm sure that others will be able to provide you with information on the other named cultivars you are growing.
 
 
Leslie Liddiard
l*@esn.net
Goldsboro, NC
AIS, HIPS, RIS    Zone 8
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Blatz <B*@a-znet.com>
To: iris-talk <i*@onelist.com>
Date: Friday, May 28, 1999 7:34 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] OT-BIO: Mary Blatz

G'Morning All,
I am new to the list and have come out of lurk mode to introduce myself.  It seems I've been gardening all my life, one way or another, since following my mother around her flower beds--some of my earliest memories are the smell of her climbing roses, and the unforgettable prick of their thorns. . .  Where I used to take a utilitarian approach to gardening, maintaining that my only truly worthwhile efforts were in veggies and produce, I now devote almost all of my space to flowers--well over 200 varieties of perennials and flowering shrubs and, of course, iris.  Initially I avoided them, thinking they must be difficult to grow;  then an older gentleman at church sent me home with a bag of leftover rhizomes, and now I'm HOOKED!  My husband's happy 'cuz every year there's less and less lawn to mow, as I get the Troy-Bilt fired up in spring and start tearing things up. . .
 
My first question for all of you is this:  I have several TBs which came from a nice lady the next town over;  she had them labeled but I've yet to locate any info about any of them--anyone heard of the following?:
CAROLINA GOLD, IRMA LEE, JET FIRE, OVATION, PINK PUSSYCAT, RASPBERRY RIPPLE, SECRET PAL, STUNNING, TWIST OF FATE, UTAH VALLEY
 
Thanks in advance--I look forward to learning from all of you!
 
Mary Blatz
Skaneateles, NY (near Syracuse)  USDA Zone 5
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