Re: b & s
Please post or send me the list of the 8 to 10 nice yellows since 1990. I am
very interested.
The Warner/Wilson rating system for Siberians used in the Draycott Garden
catalog has Caesar's Brother as a 5/5/5. For those not familar with the
rating system 5 is the best rating and the three numbers are plant
vigor/foliage habit/bloom habit.
Harold Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden
El Dorado Hills, CA USDA zone 9
harold@directcon.net www.beautiful-view-iris.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Wheeler" <awheele2@abacus.bates.edu>
To: <sibrob@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 11:17 AM
Subject: [sibrob] b & s
> As far as "availability" is concerned, there are many varieties that are
> better in color, but might not be available at, say, a garden center. If
> you want something bad enough, you can often find out how to get it,
> including yellow siberians, of which roughly 8-10 NICE ones have been
> introduced since 1990.
> The other problem:
> I know I've mentioned this on the list before, but here it is again....
> often any yellow siberian iris is passed off as Butter & Sugar, and the
> same goes for Caesar's Brother. The real Caesar's Brother is quite nice,
> so if you aren't happy with yours, aquire it from a different source. When
> we finally got the real one, we finally understood the difference.
> Andrew
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> > Can you tell us why you are replacing those varieties? Also what is your
> > wholesale market area? Very important questions that will greatly affect
the
> > answers. There is a reason that both Caesar's Brother and Butter and
Sugar
> > are still around and sold almost everywhere. Caesar's Brother does very
well
> > for me in zone 9. I even had both in pots and they survived a Sacramento
> > summer. According to my expert 3 years ago when I obtained it is that
Butter
> > and Sugar is still the best yellow Siberian available.
> >
> > Harold Peters
> > Beautiful View Iris Garden
> > El Dorado Hills, CA USDA zone 9
> > harold@directcon.net www.beautiful-view-iris.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William C. Dougherty" <103225.2126@compuserve.com>
> > To: "sibrob" <sibrob@egroups.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 4:59 AM
> > Subject: [sibrob] SR - Topic
> >
> >
> > > Hello evryone!
> > >
> > > Wow! Anyone out there?
> > >
> > > Here is a question for eveyone. If you were in the wholesale nursery
> > > business which Siberians would you propagate to replace Caesar's
Brother
> > > and Butter & Sugar and Ruffled Velvet?
> > >
> > > Here are my choices:
> > >
> > > Gull's Wing/Esther CDM
> > > Jewelled Crown
> > > Liberty Hills
> > > Coronation Anthem
> > >
> > >
> > > Bill Dougherty
> > > Fridley, MN. Temps still in the 60s during the day!
> > >
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