Harvest of Memories Sweet Musette Immortality Apollodorus
Edith Wolford Buckwheat Silverado Bride’s Halo
Yaquina Blue Beverly Sills Conjuration
Mt Cook A’Dawning Thornbird Avalon Sunset
Example of an iris “map” with visuals added.
Row 1
Row 2
Row 3
Row 4
Left to right: Row 1 ‘Harvest Of Memories’ (Lloyd Zurbrigg 1984, TB) , the shady spot; ‘Sweet Musette’ (Schreiner 1986, TB) , susanne holland spicker;
‘Immortality’ (Lloyd Zurbrigg 1982, TB) , karen lockyear; ‘Apollodorus’ (Chet Tompkins 1989, TB) , don mcqueen; Row 2 ‘Edith Wolford’ (Ben Hager 1984,
TB) , dawn mumford; ‘Buckwheat’ (Monty Byers 1989, TB) , the shady spot; ‘Silverado’ (Schreiners 1987, TB) , leon elliott; ‘Bride's Halo’ (Hubert C. Mohr
1971, TB) , holly johnson; Row 3 ‘Yaquina Blue’ ( Schreiners 1992, TB) , christine cosi; ‘Beverly Sills’ (Ben Hagar 1989, TB) , elizabeth rieniets; ‘Conjuration’
(Monty Byers 1989, TB) , riley probst; Row 4 ‘Mt Cook A‘Dawning’ (Stanley Foote 1972, TB) , exline iris garden; ‘Thornbird’ (Monty Byers 1989, TB-Novelty)
, jim morris; ‘Avalon Sunset’ ( Schreiner 1994, TB) , kent pfeiffer
much more interesting. Names are important, and
I have bought or not bought iris plants because of
their names. Going out into the garden, I want to be
able to admire not only the flower but also remember
its name. After some years we remember our favorites
and know where they are located, but some
irises sprawl out and migrate from their original row
to several rows over. Having a picture map of your
irises will add another dimension to your gardening
pleasure as well as enable you to correctly identify
them from year to year.
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Spring 2019 AIS Bulletin 29