Re: SR - Informal survey


In a message dated 6/23/00 10:40:43 AM, bentfork@alltel.net writes:

<<Greetings everyone,

    Of the siberians listed in the original discussion, I only grow Golden 
Edge,
Mesa Pearl and Sprinkles.
    Golden Edge grows nicely for me, but flowers rather sparsely.  The 
flowers,
though are large and quite beautiful.
    Both Mesa Pearl and Sprinkles are very large clumps and almost identical 
in
every way except, flower color.  (In looking at the parentage in the 
checklist,
they appear to have been sister seedlings.)  Both had a great many bloom 
stalks
this spring and were covered with flowers.  I think that Sprinkles was 
slightly
later blooming than Mesa Pearl.  I would be hard pressed to choose between the
two if I had to choose.  The two clumps are planted in the same bed about 10
feet apart and, as I said, the clumps look identical in size, height, etc.  I
took both to our spring iris show on May 27th, and Sprinkles won the section
ribbon for best siberian.
    We saw Harpswell Chanteuse and Patio Rose (and Lee's Blue in 1 garden, If 
I
remember correctly) in some of the gardens at the Siberillenium.   I have not
seen the others in bloom.
    As for the 4 siberians up for the Morgan-Wood Medal, I grow 3 of the four
(Harpswell Velvet, Moonsilk, and Over in Gloryland).  2 are well established 
and
have bloomed for me the past 2-3 years. The third is pretty new for me and 
just
getting established.  My votes (both AIS Judges ballot, and the e-groups 
ballot)
are with their respective tabulators.
    To put my $0.02 in regarding Ellen's question about AIS judges ballot
voting,  I tend to only vote for irises that I have grown for a couple of 
years
at least and that I have also seen growing well in at least one other garden. 
 I
grow over 100 siberians, so I can compare vigor among different irises pretty
easily in my own garden.  If I can also see an iris in another garden doing 
very
well, then I feel confident in voting for it.  Its those cases where the iris 
is
doing very well in other gardens but not mine or vice versa that puts doubt in
my mind as to its worthiness for an award.  Then, I need to see it in more
gardens, etc.  In this ballot, I felt confident in voting for several 
Siberians
for various awards, a couple of Japanese, 1 spuria, and a few bearded irises 
in
various classes.  For instance, I grow about 300 bearded irises (everything 
from
MDBs to TBs), but only voted for a handful of TBs. And those were all very
familiar to me.  And no, I didn't vote for a TB for the Dykes Medal.

Gary White,
Lincoln Nebraska
Where we're getting a severe thunderstorm, so must get off the computer pretty
quickly.   By the way, I am getting some repeat bloom on Ranman  (about 4 new
bloom stalks - 2 already blooming).
Really enjoyed meeting a lot of you at the Siberillenium in Iowa City.  It 
was a
very good convention, despite the paucity of bloom.


Carol Warner wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: William C. Dougherty <103225.2126@compuserve.com>
> To: sibrob <sibrob@egroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 1:05 AM
> Subject: [sibrob] SR - Informal survey
>
> Bill,
>
> This is an interesting discussion.  It might be interesting to also hear
> what people think of the four that were up for the Morgan-Wood Medal.  My
> ballot is also in to my tabulator but we should emphasize that no one should
> vote (or not vote) for something because of information they received on the
> internet.  As you mentioned votes are only cast for what a judge has
> actually seen growing in several places.
>
> Morgan-Wood candidates are:
>
> Harpswell Velvet
> Moonsilk
> Over in Gloryland
> Rill
>  >
> > Fairy Fingers - You either love it or hate it;  really a unique plant the
> grows and blooms tremendously well.
>
> > Golden Edge - Beautiful plant and beautiful flower but you need a good
> imagination to see that the edge is golden.  Often hard to get started after
> transplanting.
>
> > Harpswell Chanteuse - have never grown but have seen blooming a couple
> times.
>
> > Harpswell Snowburst - Wonderful plant and flower.  I have seedlings from
> this that are just as good, if not even better.  This is one of my most
> favorite siberians. A wonderful landscape plant.
>
> > Lee's Blue - Good grower and pretty flower but for me it stays in the
> foliage and has a short bloom season.
>
> > Mesa Pearl - Beautiful late bloomer, vigorous and may rebloom.
>
> > Patio Rose - have never grown
>
> > Sprinkles - Lovely flower and it is still in bloom a month after it
> started.  Vigorous.
>
> > Trim The Velvet - Tall, elegant and slow to increase here.  Also hard to
> transplant for me.
>
> The Japanese are just about to finish here but there are still siberians in
> the patch.  This has been one of the best bloom seasons I have ever
> experienced.
>
> Carol Warner, Drayco>>

Enjoyed your responses very much. Glad to have met you in IA.  I am glad that 
we have several knowledgeable siberian growers and no they do not all grow 
equally.  What I feel sad about is that gardeners who have small plots use 
their space with such poor quality plants.  I feel that is is they have not 
had much exposure to some of the newer, improved sizes and colors that have 
been developed during the last 15-20 years. Anna Mae Miller,  Kalamazoo MI. z 
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