Re: HIST:TB: Re:HELEN COLLINGWOOD-ID's
- Subject: Re: HIST:TB: Re:HELEN COLLINGWOOD-ID's
- From: J* C*
- Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 16:07:30 PST
From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
I am repeating the previous message, after correcting a particularly
important 'slip of the brain':
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 **** STANDARD ***(correction - not fall
colour) 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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