Re: TB:old-fashioned but not historical
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A lot of Cy's stuff is what the British affectionately call "tailored". Cy
bounces back and forth between tailored and ruffled. This year it was the
ruffled and very large flowered stuff. Blue Lamp is huge, larger than
Yaquina Blue. Always nice stuff from him.
Mike - I will post a "tailored" flower of Cy's to iris photos
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark, Maureen <markm@tc.gc.ca>
To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 10:00 AM
Subject: RE: [iris-talk] TB:old-fashioned but not historical
>
> The Europeans prefer the old-fashioned look still. Sutton's introduces
some
> of Cy Bartlett's stuff (from England). While his introduction pictured in
> this year's catalogue from Sutton's has ruffles, I've seen some of his
past
> stuff which has really clean lines.
> Maureen Mark
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (zone 4)
>
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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)
> >
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