Re: PCN: douglasiana (143ex)

From: "Patterson, Dallas" <nye@mail.fidalgo.net>

Hello Rita,

We've had this Douglas Iris for the past six years. It has always been a 
healthy and evergreen iris for us. We brought it home to Temple 
City, California from the South Pasadena Nursery in South Pasadena, 
California in 1993. They obtained it from the wholesaler-distributor, 
David-Royston, who had no further information about the introduction of 
this particular cultivar. Normally, we collect named PCI cultivars. 
However, we made an exception in this case, because we also collect 
many PCI and other species. Since the plant tag identified the plant as 
an I. douglasiana (143ex), we suspected the (143ex) designation may be a 
hybridizer's number for a seedling or a collector's number for a 
collected variety. We thought someone may happen to know something 
about who and/or when this particular (143ex) cultivar or variety was 
hybridized or collected.

Although we already had other PCI cultivars and species in our 
collection, this plant interested us, because of its glossy and dark 
green foliage. After moving our portable plants to our present home in 
Washington, we were pleased to find several of our I. douglasiana 
remained evergreen throughout three winters. This (143ex) 
variety/cultivar was especially hardy in the snow, so we wondered if 
anything further is known about it.

BTW, we just moved our I. douglasiana alba into a more exposed position 
by the highway. It was evergreen last winter, so we'll see if the plant 
withstands the more rigorous exposure this winter.

We enjoy all of our PCI, but the simple beauty and hardiness of the PCI 
species have long proven to be very special features in our all-seasons 
gardens. (TB) Queen Dorothy blooms in the snow on Thanksgiving and the 
first week of December, I. unguicularis blooms off and on all winter, 
and I. douglasiana's foliage flashes its dark green out from under the 
mounds of snow. Iris in a winter garden are great <g>.

Dallas Patterson
Anacortes, Washington
nye@fidalgo.net
Zone 8
AIS, SPCNI, SIGNA, et al


Mike00Rita@aol.com wrote:
> 
> From: Mike00Rita@aol.com
> 
> In a message dated 11/6/99 12:56:19 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> nye@mail.fidalgo.net writes:
> 
> << nye@fidalgo.net >>
> Hi,
>      You will doubtlessly receive several replies on this but , in general,
> I. Doug. is a Pacific Coast Native which grows very easily.
>  It is almost an evergreen where you are and blooms profusely It seeds
> readily so you may find you have more than one clump in a few years.
>  They vary in color from pink, white, blue in light and dark tones.
> Roy Davidson is quite well known here in the Northwest for his plant
> knowledge. Hope you enjoy your iris.
> 
> Rita B
> University Place, WA
> (South of Tacoma)
> Region 13
> 
> 
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