Re: TB: Brown Iris
- Subject: Re: TB: Brown Iris
- From: w*
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 07:26:03 -0600
From: "wmoores" <wmoores@watervalley.net>
>>> Vickie W. wrote:
>>> > I'm in zone 5 in the midwest (NE). Would
>>> > appreciate any help I could get with my search. I am looking
>for
>>> > suggestions (and sources) for a TB brown iris that is Self.
>Having a
>>> > hard time finding one. I know they are not the most popular
>(beauty
>>> > in the eye of the beholder).
>>
>>and Marte Halleck replied:>
>>> One classic brown iris is ARGUS PHEASANT (Deforest, F 1948), a
>Dykes
>>> medal winner in 1952.
> In a lighter shade of brown I believe it is listed as a Bronze
>Tan Self is Dodge City by Lauer 95...another iris I like is Ali Baba
>(Lyon 51) although I think it is listed as a bitone. Bill
>wstone@volcano.net
>
A few others in brownish tones I would add are:
BOSS TWEED, McWhirter
MACHO HOMBRE, Hamner
REMBRANDT MAGIC, Blyth
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8 (where Bennett Jones' ORANGE HARVEST opened
yesterday. OH reblooms faithfully every year no matter what--this year it
rebloomed after severe drought, scorching temperatures, and a transplant in
September! ROSALIE FIGGE is stalking.)
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