TB:old-fashioned but not historical
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- Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 02:17:17 -0000
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Hi all,
Are there any TBs that combine old-fashioned flower form (no
ruffling, falls that hang down rather than sticking out horizontally)
with traits (like rebloom or better branching and bud count) not
found in historical cultivars? Is anyone breeding for this
combination of traits, which is what I'd most like to see in a
garden plant? I'm afraid that when it comes to bearded irises,
I'm naive enough about judging criteria not to know if such plants
could pass muster in a show, but, to use a welI-worn phrase, I
know what I like. I'm a garden designer who's not especially
knowledgeable about irises, but with a taste in flowers that
generally runs to the more "natural," species-like look (for
example, I generally prefer the look of siberians to the TBs). Am I
alone in this, or does everyone else who likes TBs also go in for
flounces and ruffles?
Don Galbreath, Boston, Ma. (Z6)
