Re: TB: Brown Iris
- Subject: Re: TB: Brown Iris
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 1998 18:26:32 EST
From: HIPSource@aol.com
In a message dated 98-11-01 17:45:21 EST, you write:
<< As you mention, Vickie, brown iris are not that fashionable these
> days, and so there are not too many new ones on the market.
>
Not at all! Irresistible brown COPATONIC (Blyth'94) became Queen of Moscow
Iris Show this year.>>
I, for one, adore them passionatelyl Not only the fine brown historics like
JEAN CAYEUX and LOUVOIS, but all of them. The full richness of the gene pool
of the "rainbow flower" is revealed in those blossoms which achieve a tone
seldom found in the floral kingdom. Brown is an unexpected color for a flower,
and, when incorporated in to a mixed planting underscores the richness of the
other colors and accentuates the latent warmer tones in the violets and mauves
and intensifies the blues.
In the older literature some of the more unusual or sober colors such as
browns, tans, greys, bronzes and olives were called the "art shades" and
while some fancied them, some did not. The French tended to find them
interesting, the English tended to find them drab or dingy. Today, while there
is a lot of interest in greenies--often grouped with the novelties-- and
blacks, of course-- we find that many folks still don't care for these complex
shades. Nor must they. But the "art shades", including brown, have a long
history in irisdom, and will always have their supporters.
Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com
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