Re: Re: CULT: Dykes winners, performing poorly

Sometimes I think Dykes medals are given on the criteria of the flower's beauty without consideration of how the plant grows.  Edith Wolford bloomed out for me two years ago, and I won't replace it.  Rick Ernst's Thrillseeker has an almost identical flower and has no problems growing here in the heat.  Celebration Song is one of the most beautiful irises ever, I think, but it is subject of rhizome rot and bloom out.  Mesmerizer is lovely also, but its rhizomes have certainly dwindled in my garden.  Clarence had a rebloom stalk on it a couple of weeks ago, but I had to dig the clump to save it from the rot.  I'm glad I'm not a judge having to choose from these.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: wmoores@watervalley.net 
  To: iris-talk@egroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 8:19 AM
  Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: Dykes winners, performing poorly



  > Edith Wolford never grew worth a lick here, though its parent FREEDOM
  > ROAD (Plough, '76) and its child EARTH SONG (Ev. Kegerise '94) do just
  > fine. Wherever did it get the votes to put it over the top as Dykes
  > Medal winner?
  > 
  > Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone
  > 7) jcwalters@bridgernet.com


        Pictures at an Exhibition?

        Judges knowing the lovely lady for whom the iris is named?

       The so-called West Coast 'bloc' vote?  (Urban Legend)

        Walter Moores
        Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8 (who has spoken too freely of late)



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