Re: TB: old-fashioned but not historical
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- Subject: Re: TB: old-fashioned but not historical
- From: l* M*
- Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 07:14:43 -0400
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> Is anyone breeding for this
> combination of traits, which is what I'd most like to see in a
> garden plant?
Not on purpose <g>. There are probably a lot of nice irises with these
traits that wind up in the compost heap every year, commonly referred to
as dogs or throwbacks. You are not alone in liking traditional form on
irises, & because there is quite a bit of interest, I wouldn't be
surprised if some day some talented back-yard hybridizer starts
intentionally producing 'modern' traditionals. Somebody like ..<memory
lapse> who is the person who sent me the email photo of their new
old-fashioned TB that was sort of like SHAH JEHAN? Dennis Kramb?
Because they will LOOK so much like granny irises, new introductions
will probably sell for about $2 each <g>
And then one day there will be a Modern Traditional Tall Bearded Iris
Society making waves, established specifically to provide recognition,
awards etc for these under'dogs'. I can just IMAGINE the fights over
standards - should the form be most like species, or which decade? My
own preference seems to be for the forms of the 40s thru the 60s, &
pallida, but not some of the other species. I guess there would have to
be classes.
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
