Re: TB - Info
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB - Info
- From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" j*@bridgernet.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 07:47:56 -0600
> From: John Reeds <lamegardener@msn.com>
>
> Susan:
> Lots of tried and trues there, assuming they weren't mislabeled.
> CHAMPAGNE ELEGANCE: Slow grower but not sickly, some rebloom.
> COLORTART: Died for me / never bloomed, pretty in Oregon (at Cooleys).
> DOVER BEACH: Died out, poor substance.
> GAY PARASOL: Pretty, I eventuallyt lost it.
> IMMORTALITY: Good reputation as everbloomer, it never caught my
attention.
> PERSIAN BERRY: Excellent, dependable, just leave it alone and let it
bloom.
> SUPERSTITION: Older dark iris, eventually died (probably neglect).
John,
I would have almost a completely different readout on the above cultivars,
all of which I have grown. Champagne Elegance is my most reliable rebloomer
and increases and blooms prolifically. Dover Beach has been a stalwart for
twenty years. Gay Parasol and Superstition were real troopers. Colortart
didn't die, but it tried to bloom at the wrong times (too late in the fall,
and then it would sulk in the spring). Immortality has never lived up to
its reputation for reblom. Persian Berry was just average, nothing special.
As the real estate folks say, it's all a matter of Location, Location,
Location!
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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