CAT: Tempo Two

Hi, all,

I too received Blyth's Tempo Two catalog.  More promptly than any 
U.S. cat!  Gorgeous and helpful, I agree.  Thanks to the iris gods 
for hybridizers who share parentage info!  I plan to pass along the 
catalog to the garden club here for a hopeful group order.

The prices, much less the Au charges to ship out, are way out of 
sight of my budget, but I did what I often do with intros, see who 
the parents are and where I might find them for WAY less.

Having originated in Australia, I thought I'd have little luck with 
finding Blyth's '90s cultivars here (I have many of his earlier 
ones), but lo and behold, many of Blyth's much-used parents are 
available from our own iris-talk confreres.  ABOUT TOWN (TT price: 
$12.50++ is available from Harold's Beautiful View Iris Gardens for 
$7. Blythe's much-used IMPRIMIS is $5 from BVIG and $3! from Sutton's.

And of course the USA-originated irises TT carries with those 
luscious pics are available here for less.  Such as ANSWERED PRAYERS 
($26 in TT, $6 from BVIG), ASCENT OF ANGELS ($22.50 TT, $7 BVIG, 
$7.50 Aitken's) DEBRENEE ($17.50 TT, $4 Sutton, $3 BVIG), ENHANCEMENT 
($20 TT, $6 BVIG and Sutton both), IN REVERSE ($12.50 TT, $4 Sutton 
and BVIG), MIND READER ($15 TT, $4 BVIG), PERFECT GIFT ($25 TT, 
$12.50 Aitken's), SKYLARK SONG ($22.50 TT, BVIG $6), and STAIRWAY TO 
HEAVEN ($17.50 TT, just $3 Sutton and BVIG!)

So while I find the catalog captivating and hope others here are able 
to make a group order from Australia, if there are others of you who 
are, like me, salivating over the catalog and feeling financially 
deprived, despair not:  our homies are right on top of the latest 
goodies.

I also noted how in-the-minority I apparently am in finding those 
rude orange/tangerine beards out of place in delicate pastel irises 
and those in a far different blend of colors.  Barry Blyth has been a 
much-admired hybridizer for me, with his fascinating, subtle blends 
of colors.  So it's been a mystery to me that he seems to have 
intentionally bred that tangerine beard into most everything.  But 
clearly others are not bothered -- witness the popularity with iris-
talkers of GLITTERATI and WHO'S YOUR DADDY.  Red just doesn't belong 
with orchids and purples to me, much less "cameo pinks" such as DANCE 
FOR US.  Takes all kinds.

Patricia
Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8?


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