Re: HYB Green Iris...was Three Striking Iris
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- Subject: Re: HYB Green Iris...was Three Striking Iris
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 06:25:10 -0600 (MDT)
On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Rick Tasco/Roger Duncan wrote:
> Walter A. Moores wrote:
> >
>
> > Excellent choices, Anner. I just got EVERGREEN HIDEAWAY from R &
> > R this year and am planning to plant it next to HELLO HOBO and GREEN AND
> > GIFTED to see which is really green.
> >
>
> Walter,
>
> I have about 30 seedlings to bloom next spring from Evergreen Hideaway X
> Green And Gifted.
>
> Maureen Mark,
>
> I have asked visitors to the garden to tell me what color Evergreen
> Hideaway is. Invariably they all say chartruese. This iris is the
> closest to green that I have ever seen. In my climate it grows
> smallish. Foilage and stalks. It is however vigorous and floriforous.
> Green And Gifted is somewhat of a greenish-champagne cream blend. In
> cooler weather some blue appears in the falls. G&G has a striking dark
> brown beard.
>
> Rick Tasco
> Superstition Iris Gardens
> Central California
> Zone 8
>
I first saw EVERGREEN HIDEAWAY in Omaha, but never saw it
listed for sale until I got R & R's catalog. Rick's seedlings should be
interesting.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
