RE: OT-BIO Greg Condiff


Welcome to the List, Greg.  If you haven't already, you should probably
check out the archives on Tom's page (telp@Rt66.com).  There has been
substantial discussion on rebloomers recently.  The archives has a
search engine so you can locate all the rebloomer threads.

Have fun lurking.  And don't forget, a question unasked is a question
unanswered.  

Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Canada
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Greg Condiff [SMTP:cyberdel@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 18, 1997 7:26 PM
> To:	Mark, Maureen; Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	OT-BIO Greg Condiff
> 
> 
> 
> Hello, all. This is my introduction. My name is Greg Condiff, I live
> and
> garden in Christiana, Delaware (Zone 7). I searched out this list
> because a friend gave me some re-blooming iris and I wanted to get
> more
> information.
> 
> I have a lot of irises in my garden, but they are all gifts from
> friends
> when I bought my house 2 years ago, so I don't know any of the names.
> Most are bearded, although I have some JI and reticulata. The
> Christiana
> river flows thru my property, and there are lovely wild yellow irises
> on
> the banks in the late spring.
> 
> My favorite ones, though are because of their history. My mother was a
> close friend of an opera singer of small renown who was a student of
> Rosa Ponselle, an opera singer of great renown. Rosa was fond of
> giving
> my mother's friend gifts, and among them were divisions of her irises.
> They have royal purple falls and standards that are the palest
> lavender.
> They have a fragrance that reminds me of chocolate.
> 
> Although horticulture is an avocation, I did attend Delaware Tech's
> horticulture program and studied under David Schied. I was a good
> friend
> also of Hal Bruce, late curator of plants at the Henry Francis duPont
> Winterthur Museum and Gardens.  So while not a professional, I feel
> lucky to have been able to (hopefully) absorb some of the encyclopedic
> knowledge of theirs.
> 
> I'm going to spend time at the Iris Web site and look for answers to
> some of my questions.  In the mean time, I'll probably "lurk" on the
> list until I get a feel for the tenor of things.
> 
> Greg
> 
>
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