Re: Siberians
- Subject: Re: Siberians
- From: "Gene Bush" g*@otherside.com
- Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 08:48:26 -0500
Hello Claire,
Thanks for the tip on a good siberian iris. Made a note of the cultivar
Orville Fay and will look for it next spring.
your pronunciation of foliage must be regional... I have yet to hear
anything besides two syllables on the word. Perhaps you have a new TV garden
personality from a more southerly location.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana
----- Original Message ----- > Gene,
>
> Ask JoAn to try the old hybrid 'Orville Fay'. Since digging up a Siberian
> requires a lot of strength and determination you don't want to be dividing
> all the time. Orville has bluish foliage and huge blue flowers. It does
not
> need division for ten years or ever if you hack one side off once in a
while
> to prevent the center die out. The foliage is tall and perfect until
snowed
> upon. It is a tall, imposing plant that makes many flowers with one
branch
> so so you get a second bloom. Siberians do not carry many buds and those
> with no branching are a too quick show. Orville is my favorite and the
first
> marketed by the 100 year old Dr. McEwen of Maine. It is the only Siberian
> ever noticed in my garden. If you are going to grow Siberians, select
very
> good ones.
>
> With the word foliage, I throw out the pronunciation if this word. It was
> fo-li-age, three syllables for most of my life. Now I hear it on TV
programs
> as fo-lage, two syllables. I have passed into a new era without knowing it
or
> someone needs to tell me we have had a change. This is true with quite a
few
> words, I have outlived my education.
>
> Claire Peplowski
> NYS z4
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