Re: OT-BIO
From: Marte Halleck <MorJHalleck@worldnet.att.net>
Vickie W. wrote:
>
> From: "Vickie W." <vic_e_98@yahoo.com>
>
> Hello. Just joined and already wondering which I know less about,
> iris or the computer!
Hi Vickie & welcome:
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger -- at times we ALL struggle with BOTH!
Questions are welcome, really.
> I'm in zone 5 in the midwest (NE). Would
> appreciate any help I could get with my search. I am looking for
> suggestions (and sources) for a TB brown iris that is Self. Having a
> hard time finding one. I know they are not the most popular (beauty
> in the eye of the beholder).
One classic brown iris is ARGUS PHEASANT (Deforest, F 1948), a Dykes
medal winner in 1952. You can see a photo of it at the World Iris Asso.
website: http://www.worldiris.com/ To get there, click on this address
line {which should be "active" in this posting) or type it into your
browser's address box as written & hit enter. Then click on "more",
which will take you to the Table of Contents for HIPS & click on "Quick
Fix" to view the photos. [Note that historic iris are those introduced
more than 30 years ago, many of which have stood the test of time & are
still available from commercial growers.] I rather like brown iris too &
bought ARGUS PHEASANT this summer from Willow Bend Farm in western
Colorado: http://willowbend.fgn.net/index.html
A more recent brown TB that I saw at the Denver Botanic Gardens & liked
a lot is, I think, GINGERBREAD MAN -- someone else will have to tell us
its hybridizer & year of intro because I didn't make note of same, just
remember it was cool.
> Pretty new at this, only be growing for about six years. Consider
> myself lucky in that only having a little leaf spot now and then when
> we have cold ,wet spring. No borer problems so far (knock on wood)
> they can be bad here.
Ooh, sorry to hear the dread borer is as close to CO as where you are in
NE -- I didn't think it had traveled so far west of the Mississippi yet.
Hope it never finds my garden!
> I read something awhile back concerning using
> beneficial nematodes. Can't remember which of a couple of kinds which
> was suppose to be better for control. Anyone able to help on this?
There's been much discussion of this issue on the present Iris-talk as
well as the old Iris-L. You could try searching the Archives, under
"nematodes" or "borer", to see if you can find the info you're looking
for: http://www.mallorn.com/lists/ I confess that I haven't paid close
attention, since I don't have the little bugger, but do seem to recall
that no SPECIFIC nematode has yet been ID'd as really being effective.
Best hope is still prevention, by keeping your iris beds free of leaf
debris where the moth can lay eggs.
Marte in the mtns Zone 4/Sunset 1 Colorado
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