Re: CULT: Special care
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Special care
- From: C* C*
- Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 13:24:51 -0700 (PDT)
And all of these postings lead to my personal
philosophy of iris growing. I aquire as many as I can
as cheaply as I can and then whatever can survive my
haphazard care stays and what dies is like the
'weakest link'. Goodbye. When I do the same, my kids
will probably have only irises that will grow for
them.
Carol TX zone 8
--- Bill Shear <wshear@hsc.edu> wrote:
> On 9/5/01 12:45 PM, "Mike Sutton"
> <suttons@lightspeed.net> wrote:
>
> > I know this subject has been hit on before but I
> would like to toss in my
> > two cents worth. It is extremely hard to
> consistently hybridize plants that
> > are prone to rot or are weak growers. They just
> don't survive and so are
> > not around to work on. --and so on.
>
> Right on, Mike. It's deja vu all over again. This
> subject was treated
> exhaustively just before I left the list temporarily
> in the late spring, and
> Mike's thoughts summarize that discussion pretty
> well.
>
> Just like bacteria and antibiotics, insects and
> insecticides, the iris world
> is the product of (not-so-)Natural Selection. The
> weak fall by the wayside,
> and the strong survive. A relatively weak variety
> will stay around only as
> long as people are willing to coddle it, and no
> longer. Then it will be
> replaced by something prettier or more vigorous.
>
> But the environment, which includes the gardener, is
> the measure of all
> things. Our archives are full of complaints about
> 'Variety X' which cannot
> survive in East Podunk, but is taking over vacant
> lots in West Widget.
> Those few (very few) that are gangbusters everywhere
> will be the mainstays
> of gardens in the future and will continue to top
> the Popularity Poll year
> after year. That's why the PP is a much better
> guide to selecting varieties
> than the Dykes Medal. The DM gets awarded too fast
> for a full evaluation of
> a variety's vigor and adaptability to take place.
> But if something stays on
> the PP for 25 years, it must be doing something
> right.
>
> Bill S.
>
>
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