[SpaceAgeRobin] CAT:Accent Iris Gardens/Vince Christopherson website

Char's post of the website was correct, but duplicated.  That link doesn't work unless half is copied, then pasted into the address line.  Just to make things easier, here is the correct (half of Char's address posted) for ACCENT IRIS GARDEN:
 
http://toolsbydesign.com/vciris/  At least from my copy of this post, the link works.
 
I have some of the Christopherson irises, but of the luminatas, I have only one and acquired only last fall, so I can't comment on performance yet.  It is LET'S BE FRIENDS from (Spirit World X Ominous Stranger), a 2002 introduction.
 
Another of the current ones (2001 intro) is SHINE ON THROUGH, also a seedling of SPIRIT WORLD from its pollen on STEP BEYOND.  I find it particularly interesting as it shows a pronounced beard spine extension or very minimal horn, one of the few irises that show SA traits not descended from Austin breeding.  Shine On Through shows its Spirit World ancestry quite strongly in form and pattern, judging from the photograph Vince uses on the WebSite. 
 
Since Spirit World is explicitly mentioned in the interrelated threads below as one of the problem growers, I will be particularly interested in the performance here of LET'S BE FRIENDS.
 
The other luminatas introduced are from different breeding, others among them also including offspring of Innerst's OMINOUS STRANGER.
 
The current year's (2005) introduction includes an especially interesting amoena-luminata named INVITATION ONLY, from (Mind Reader X Chiffon).  I note the listed height is 28", a border-line BB toTB height which is an asset here, but in many gardens is short enough to cause some to pass it up.
 
From comments in other threads by people who know Christopherson personally and are familiar with his work, he is described as methodical and quite scientific in his work.
 
Judging from the well-developed SA's, Luminatas and other very interesting patterns, my intuition is that this is a hybridizer of whom one would do well to take note. 
 
I bloomed his IN A HEARTBEAT, a "Joyce Terry" patterned yellow with strongly developed flounces, here this past year.  The plant's growth and habit led me to order the sibling, HEARTBEAT AWAY, both received from Argyle Acres, which continues to offer other new Christopherson introductions and carry his recent work as well.
 
The Accent Iris Garden web site is a work in progress that is showing steady, deliberate and thoughtful development and is a delight to browse.  The photography is excellent, the descriptions informative and complete.
 
I have cross-posted this entry to the SpaceAgeRobin@yahoogroups.com as I believe it will be of interest to that robin's members as well.
 
Neil Mogensen  z 7 western NC mountains

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