Re: Re: AIS: spurias

John Jones posted:


> On Thursday, November 27, 2003, at 06:18  AM, Donald Eaves wrote:

I sincerely hope the cheap quote isn't attibuted to me :).  That is unless
I'm to be the recipient of some spurias as proof otherwise :>())

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA

>
> > John Reeds writes:
> >
> >> most of us could care less about, even narrow, strappy things not of
> >> any
> >> interest to mainstream iris growers.  Which could have something to do
> > with
> >> the lack of popularity of spurias.  They are easy enough (at least for
> > me),
> >> but look a lot like a cheap dutch iris.
> >
> > LOL!  I took some TB seedlings to work so the ladies could see the
> > result of
> > my frequent excuse for being late during daubing time.  A week or so
> > later I
> > took some spuria stalks.  Most everyone liked them, at least one more
> > than
> > the TBs, but one lady said they looked 'starved'.  I like them a lot
> > myself.
>
> Cheap dutch iris???? Spurias have multiple blooms, wider range of
> colors, larger flowers, sturdier, taller stalks, are easier to grow,
> and have a longer vase life than dutch iris...
>
> Geeeze  <grin>
>
> John                | "There be dragons here"
>                           |  Annotation used by ancient cartographers
>                           |  to indicate the edge of the known world.

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