Re: OT:BIO: Karen Von Bargen

From: HIPSource@aol.com

In a message dated 5/30/99 1:23:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
von2@ix.netcom.com writes:

Welcome to the list, Karen.

<< These grow rampant in the local cemeteries and I would call 
 them dutch iris, but aren't dutch iris some sort of bulb and not a rhizome? 
If they look like  the 'dutch iris' that are sold as cut flowers but the 
foliage doesn't die down after bloom, what  are they?>>

Might be spuria irises.

<<  We have had a, uh, midsized (median?), bearded iris for an eon and now 
have it everywhere.... it's a King Crimson. It's all very dark purple with a 
yellow 
 beard and has to be at least 20 years old. Where would I be able to go to 
look something like that up? >>

Sounds like a likely candidate for CRIMSON KING (Barr, 1893), which fits your 
description and is ubiquitous in California. Does it rebloom later in the 
season?

<<   I have also volunteered to put in a garden at a local historical 
building and want to do  something period, including lots of iris. Does 
anyone have any suggestions for where I could go  to look for some 
information about what else I could put in? I got my degree in horticulture 
but  we didn't cover this!
  
After you complete your research on the project  I can help you with the 
selection of irises if you will provide me----privately----with all relevant 
particulars about the building, its history, and its current function.

I can also provide you with some basic biliography on the subject of design 
and implementation of gardens for historic buildings, which will include some 
basic plant lists. 

In the absence of any documentation about gardens at the historic site, you 
will almost certainly need to do considerable research locally to obtain 
information specific to your area. Historical societies, state libraries, 
local libraries, garden clubs, the newspaper archives, and other 
organizations have records which may be useful. 

For a start I suggest you visit the HIPS page at http://www.worldiris.com and 
read the little note called Irises for Period Gardens. And remember when you 
get into the subject, that there is far more to designing an authentic period 
garden than simply designing a garden full of plants with roughly the same 
date. 

Anner Whitehead
Commercial Source Chairman
Historic Iris Preservation Society
HIPSource@aol.com

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