Re: TB - Info

Hi Susan,

Chickasaw Sue is a strong grower here, I think it grows so well on 
the west coast that you probably will get what they advertise in the 
package.  

I hope that the vendor at least has the decency to pack rebloomers 
in the Earl of Essex bags.  They already promise that it would bloom 
twice a year which would be optimal, but this type of marketing 
could really turn new people off if they just package similar 
colored oncers.

I got some terrific irises from the hardware store many years ago.  
They weren't what they were advertised as, but were good irises.  
Good luck with yours!

Robin Shadlow
zone 4b    where a mean old tornado touched down about 3 miles from 
my field, too close for comfort!




--- In iris-talk@y..., "lmmunro" <lmmunro@h...> wrote:
> I have bought Prissy Miss, Dover Beach, and Superstition (twice).
> PRISSY MISS was very vigorous but did not bloom the first year. 
The 
> second year it had many blooms, but I don't think it was PM. See 
the 
> iris-photos for my fake 'Prissy Miss'. Two different rhizomes in 
the 
> package; two different cultivars. Both were pink and very pretty.
> Dover Beach turned out to be a short plicata. Also attractive, 
very 
> tough, but no where near DOVER BEACH. With SUPERSTITION, it was 
> correct the first time, and still growing. I bought another 2 
years 
> later. I 'felt sorry' for it on the shelf late in the season after 
it 
> should have found a home. It turned out to be the most beautiful 
huge 
> dark purple with a pale blue beard. Not SUPERSTITION, but I still 
> like it.
> Don't count on getting what you see from those packages. If you 
like 
> surprises, you will like Mart Iris. If you are a 'purist' you may 
> very well be disappointed.
> Laetitia  
> 
> 
> --- In iris-talk@y..., "Bakulady" <j.coffin2@v...> wrote:
> > Earlyer this month we had a discussion on the subject on cheeply 
> > bought iris, aka from Walmart, Lows and Home Depo (which we just 
> had 
> > ours open 2 weeks ago) Well I went out and felt sorry for the 
iris 
> > they had at walmart and got a few. Here is a list of what I got.
> > Does anyone one the list grow or have grown any of these on the 
> list 
> > and how big a sucess were they?
> > 
> > Batik, Champagne Elegance, Chickasaw Sue, Colortart, Dover 
Beach, 
> > Earl of Essex, Full Tide, Gay Parasol, Immortality, Persian 
Berry, 
> > Prissy Miss, and Supertition.
> > 
> > I got a couple packages of each just to make sure I had one or 
two 
> > that survied. So far Persian Berry, Prissy Miss, and Full Tide 
are 
> > showing the most promis of surviving. In fact they are putting 
out 
> > the most increases.
> > I will keep you up to date as to the list progress. I would 
really 
> > love to see them bloom next spring.
> > 
> > Susan Coffin, Logansport Indiana


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