Re: gray siberian flowers
I think Harold is right. People it seems generally really like black flowers.
I know when ever I post a photo of this lily on the lily list I always get
questions as to where it can be obtained.
Jim in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Harold Peters wrote:
> Take my word for it, there is a market for black flowers. I sell a lot of
> "black" TBs and people want the blackest. I have been the chair for a 2 day
> Region 14 public rhizome sale at the California State fair for the past 3
> years. in 1999, I had a photo of a black, orange and pink iris posted as a
> draw. I could have sold 500 rhizomes of the black if I had had it. Even guys
> would walk up, point to the black photo and say they wanted "that one". I
> know I would have purchased your black Siberian at introduction prices. I
> purchased two different "black amoenas" this year at upper end introduction
> prices.
>
> Gray, I don't think so either.
>
> Harold Peters
> Beautiful View Iris Garden
> El Dorado Hills, CA USDA zone 9
> harold@directcon.net www.beautiful-view-iris.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Jpwflowers@aol.com>
> To: <sibrob@egroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2000 7:57 AM
> Subject: [sibrob] gray siberian flowers
>
> > Hi Bill, what kind of gray do you have in mind? Light or dark? Dove or
> > charcoal? What use do you see for it? Who would buy it?
> >
> > The same goes for black. Red, blue or purple black? Where would you use
> it
> > in the garden? Or would it be a cut flower? Years ago I crossed Sultan's
> > Ruby with a seedling that no longer exists and got a seedling that in its
> > second year of bloom was black with a big white signal. It was tall and
> > glorious. We threw it out thinking who would buy a black flower?!!! Too
> > bad. Every once in a while I think about making a similar cross with
> > Sultan's Ruby, but other things present themselves anfd SR is way up the
> hill
> > from the seedlings. Too harrassed and tired to make the trip. Good luck,
> > Marty
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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