Re: TB:Sea Power

Yaquina Blue does well for me.  Color Me Blue is another one that does 
great.  I have had
Sea Power twice and I lost it twice over the winter, however, the 
rhizomes I received were
very small so that may have been the problem.

Sandra
SE Manitoba
Zone 3

wmoores@watervalley.net wrote:

>On 9 Sep 2003 at 9:31, Dorothy Hartman wrote:
>
>  
>
>>As Linda posted her experience with Sea Power, here in Western Michigan Sea
>>Power lives,produces, but did not bloom. This is a first year planting, so am
>>hoping for a bloom season from it this next year.
>>Dorothy Hartman, MidWestern Michigan
>>along the Lake Michigan shore
>>USA zone 5b
>>Iris Club of West Michigan
>>    
>>
>
>SEA POWER has YAQUINA BLUE as one parent.  YB bloomed once in five 
>years here on a runted stalk.  SP has been replaced, is a two-fan clump now, 
>and has never bloomed in three years.  I have always had trouble with light 
>blues from Schreiners and their progeny by others seems to inherit the 'don't 
>like Mississippi genes,'  too.
>
>I have to vote my ballot according to performance in my garden and those 
>nearby.  I do not vote for pictures or performance in Halifax.  The pictures do 
>show these flowers to be breathtaking, but I just cannot get them to perform 
>for me.  I wish I could have given them a better report.
>
>Walter Moores
>Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
>
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