RE: Rebloom on ROSALIE FIGGE
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- Subject: RE: Rebloom on ROSALIE FIGGE
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 10:47:00 -0600 (MDT)
On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Mark, Maureen wrote:
> Rosalie Figge blooms violet for us with a white arc. I saw a bloom at
> the convention without a noticeable white arc - I like it better with
> it. Unfortunately no rebloom stalks for us and will unlikely to be any
> this late in the season.
>
> Maureen Mark
> Ottawa, Canada
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Walter,
>
> Right you are about the beauty of this cultivar. I had
> it bloom in July
> and August and now it is blooming again on some plants I
> transplanted in
> July. Many buds here also. However I do not want to
> "split hairs"
> about the color, but to me it seems dark violet or
> purple. Maybe it is
> our climate/soil differences. I'll look for the white
> arc around the
> violet tipped beards.
>
> Rick Tasco
> Superstition Iris Gardens
> Central California
> Zone 8
>
Now that RF has been in the sun a day and a half, it is darker
violet, and the navy blue of yesterday seems to have gone. Walter Moores
