Re: TB: CULT: Blyth cultivars?

Hello All,
I find it intruiging and terribly fascinating that here we all are, from all
around the globe talking about iris growers from Australia. ...ahh the power
of the internet and iris-talk.
Well Colleen , I agree with you , I too dislike Witching, youck colours but
grows well. We cant all choose our presents can we?..IO lashed out last year
and purchased Gaelic Gig and Lily My Love, in a rather extravangant mood.
Gaelic Gig bloomed and has romped happily along with nice increases and has
3 bloom spikes on it as I speak. Lily My Love has one bloom spike,or so I
think it has, its one and one set of leaves have a big fat lump which, for a
l plater as I am, can and should be a bloom stalk. When and if it does it's
things, then I will be able to comment. It has been slow to get growing
here.
For those in the U.S.A and elsewhere, Blyth's nursery climate has very dry
summers, no doubt they water from a bore, and the area has poor soil, no
doubt they fertilise often, hence the suggestions for azalea type
fertilizers, which tells me they have lovely alkaline soils, unlike my
volcanic acid bath like soil.The are is alos known for good frosts but
definately not snow. All the locals would move if it ever snowed .The areas
soil is often quite sandy and pourous.One thing we all have in common is
extreme heat temperatures at times in Summer.I hope this is of some
interest.Cheers for now,    Wedny Sargeant. Aus Zone 8 ish.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colleen Modra" <irises@senet.com.au>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: CULT: Blyth cultivars?


> Jan
>
> I'm surprised Tomorrows Child gives you problems, it flowers well here and
> often reblooms in February.
> Aztec Burst does well and I use it for hybridizing early bloomers. I think
> Aura Light is a very dirty yellow.
> I also have trouble with Lovers Lane (which I don't like) and Mind's Eye
> which I love.
>
> Witching(yuck colour), Wych Way, All Silent, Hostess Royale (yummy late
> one), About Town (stunning), Going Home (lovely), Man About Town, are ones
> that do very well for me.
>
> The particularly poor doers are Aura Light, Covert Me, Affaire (yucky
> colour)Pagan Dance, Pagan Mirth, Myst, . I have a lot of others which are
> doing OK or have not been in long enough to comment.
>
> In general I also find that Keppel stuff doesn't do well for me (Crowned
> Heads seems to be doingOK after 6 months) but Ghio stuff is mostly good.
> Schreiners some good, some not.
>
> Colleen Modra
> South Aust. Definately a zone 9 this winter. Usually 8/9
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jan Clark <janclarx@hotmail.com>
> To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 7:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: CULT: Blyth cultivars?
>
>
> > I have never seen anything in Blyth's catalogues indicating their
> cultivars
> > individual growth requirements. I have found quite a few cultivars to be
> > susceptible to rot: CHOCOLATE VANILLA, AZTEC BURST, SILK DEGREES,
VANDA'S
> > SONG, LONGING, SOME ARE ANGELS,  all suffered badly, and I lost some of
> > these completely.
> > Other, eg. AURA LIGHT, YES, WITCHING, MAKING EYES, IMPRIMIS, grow like
> weeds
> > for me. It may be the different positions in the garden, and they may
> indeed
> > all perform the same, given exactly the same conditions.
> > It seems that most of them increase well, and need to be moved fairly
> > frequently. YES and AURA LIGHT end up producing rather small rhizomes
> after
> > only 2 seasons growth.
> >
> > >SULTAN'S DAUGHTER 1995 - bloomed once, 2 seasons ago, with 1 mis hsapen
> > >bloom, because of frost damage. Growing well now, and should have heaps
> of
> > >bloom. Fingers crossed.
> >
> > >DRAGON DRUMS 1998 - growing well, plenty of increase. Only new so I
don't
> > >expect bloom this season.
> > >LIVING FREE 1999 - as for DD
> >
> > >YES 1996 - This goes in the weed category for me. I prefer the flower
on
> > >AURA LIGHT, but YES blooms prolifically, and is quite neat, where AL
> tends
> > >to look like a pile of old tissues unless I constantly dead head the
> > >blooms. YES produces an extraordinary number of blooms with too many
> falls.
> > >Probably because it blooms very early and suffers from cold damage.
> > It is about to bloom here.
> >
> > I am disappointed with WITCHES WAND, and TOMORROW'S CHILD, which take
> > advantage of my hospitality, by greedily consuming the nutrients of my
> soil,
> > and increasing madly, but have never yet bloomed. They may both stay in
> > Castlemaine when we shift!
> >
> > Everything seems early here this year, and there are lots of TB's with
> bent
> > stalks. The weather has been on a roller coaster. A few cold days, and
> > everthing stands still, then a warm day and all the buds open at once.
> Next
> > day rain, and all the blooms turn to rags. Very frustrating.
> > Cheers, Jan Clark, in Aus
> >
> >
> >
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