HIST: "Drady"
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: HIST: "Drady"
- From: H*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 09:29:13 EST
From: HIPSource@aol.com
In a message dated 11/22/99 4:49:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Irisborer@aol.com writes:
<< Drady Unintroduced Tiny tailored flowers on branched stems.
Standards white with black wire rim, black falls. >>
Tell me about DRADY. I know it gets mentioned alot, but I've never seen a
picture or a plant. Is this a TB?? Why does it have a name but be
unintroduced?? >>
It is one of the great HIPS unknowns. A magnificently beautiful small iris.
As far as I know it is still unregistered. "Drady" is the garden name it came
with. It has been kicking around since the 'thirties --or so Cameron Hall
told me--and showed up first in the Midwest--don't quote me on that last bit.
I'd classify it as a MTB here, and while it is worth all manner of bother, I
could not favorably compare its growth habits here, especially rate of
increase, with some of the others I grow. A photo is on the HIPS page, along
with photos of several other irises which have shown up on people's lists.
Enjoy!
http://www.worldiris.com
Anner Whitehead
Commercial Source Chairman
Historic Iris Preservation Society,AIS
HIPSource@aol.com
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