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Re: [OM] IMG: Vintage Iris by Vintage Lens

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Vintage Iris by Vintage Lens
From: DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 10:48:36 -0500
On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 5/18/2014 9:51 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> Over 40 years ago, my wife transplanted some flowers from her childhood
>> home to our new home.  Each Spring, some still favor us with blooms.
>>
>
> Although probably not quite as old, we have some bearded irises that were
> long established when I bought this house 33 years ago. Ours look somewhat
> like yours 'inside', somewhat darker/purpler, but the backs of the petals
> are the same color as the fronts, not a much lighter shade. <
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=12938>
>
> They always put up lots of leaves, but the number of flower stalks has
> varied over the years. It seems to depend a lot on the amount of sun they
> get. This year, they went nuts, with lots of stalks and lots of time spaced
> flowers per stalk. Probably the result of trimming nearby things so they
> got more light.
>
> They were also quite early, overlapping with the small irises, but almost
> everything in the garden has been different this year, I assume from
> weather.
>
> Something that has fascinated me is the appearance of white flowers where
> there were originally only colored ones. Some years ago, some glads in a
> bunch of yellow ones with red centers started coming up white. <
> http://galleries.moosemystic.net/Glads/pages/01-1080_.htm>
>
> More recently, some irises, both small and bearded, have come out white.
> Especially in the bearded case, they are clearly coming out of the same
> extensive network of roots/rhizomes/whatever in that area.
>
> Bud. <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=12929>
> Open. <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=12926>
>
>
I like all of those, including the white irises, even though I might
otherwise complain about the "half-eclipse" look to the lighting.  Here I
really like it.  Maybe my tastes are coming around.

Joel W.
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