Re: CULT: Iris confusion

From: "Linda Horth" <lhorth@rconnect.com>

to jan clark    this may sound strange to you but i am just starting out in
growing irises in particular japanese iris if you have or point me to
someone who could help me i would appreciate it thanks tom kropidlowski 

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> From: Jan Clark <janclarx@hotmail.com>
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] CULT: Iris confusion
> Date: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 6:22 PM
> 
> From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
> 
> Someone wrote:
> >>Otherwise, I think that the nursery was very "I. Confusa"ed  about 
> what they had.
> Suffering heavily from irophilia last year (and very inexperienced), I 
> purchased I. millesii ('died'), I. forrestiana (died - lack of water?), 
> a pot labelled perrenial iris, with a picture of something looking like 
> I. tectorum ('died'), and a pot labelled dwarf iris, with a description 
> of I. unguicularis, which produced a small, but pretty, very obviously 
> PCN flower. The latter two with coloured labels are distributed widely 
> to supermarkets and chain stores, and, unfortunately I can't resist 
> 'saving' them. It's always interesting to see what you actually get.
> I found a pot in my garden the other day, with a small fan in it, and 
> the label 'esii' (hurrah!) and this week noticed fans coming up where 
> the 'perrenial iris' was planted. I will be curious to see what these 
> plants produce in the way of flowers.
> I think what I am trying to say is, don't rely too much on what the 
> nursery, or label claims the plant to be.
> BTW - K-Mart still has plastic bags containing soil and dead shreds of 
> vegetation, labelled 'Bearded Iris' and displayed for sale.
> cheers, Jan Clark, in Australia
> 
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