Re: HIST:TB: Re:HELEN COLLINGWOOD-ID's

From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>

Anner wrote:
>for confirmation of the identifty of an iris you should find or
>obtain a known specimen of  HELEN COLLINGWOOD and look at the blooms 
side by side.

Thanks Anner, and I will attempt to do as you suggested, but the iris 
concerned is exactly as you describe and matches the HIPS photo exactly. 
Except for the slightly deeper fall colour, the HIPS photo could be a 
photo of the iris I was holding besides it. An old posting from Mike 
Lowe suggests that there are very few irises that are very close in 
appearance to HC. Is this correct? and if so, which irises would they 
be?
As far as growing in shade, I have not tried it in a shady position, and 
I think that any 'shade' I gave it here, would still provide it with 
heaps of sunshine. 
I'm not overly fond of the older irises that grow around Castlemaine, 
but this one is definitely worth growing, and Elisabeth Noble, which is 
flowering at present, is a gorgeous iris.

Cheers, Jan clark, in Australia


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