Eeek- I'm an iris rustler! Historicals- lots of pics
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I'm stuck on garden project... Ideas?? (pics)
Comments (15)wow, thanks so much for all your thoughtful responses!! I didn't expect to get so many. I have lived in my house for about three years now and the ugly side of my house has been a THORN IN MY SIDE! And I was just stuck about what to do. I think the biggest obstacle for me was getting rid of the rock and preparing the soil. But I've found the solution for that! I'm "hiring" my little brother to come over and dig it all out for me :) I'm thinking about keeping most of the rock and using it as mulch like how Remy did (the very last photo on the post)... no sense in spending more money on new mulch when I already have some, right? After reading all of your ideas and advice I feel pretty confident that it'll work out. I'll take all your advice and just take some of the plants I have up front - the daylily, yarrow, sedum, coneflower, black eyed susans, etc., - divide them up and plant them there. I'm not sure about the pine trees, though. I LOVE the idea of having a couple there and I have a vision that they'll look fantastic but I've already spent soo much money on garden stuff this spring that I'm going to cheap out on it... My mother has some young (like less than 2 feet high) boxwood shrubs that she's going to dig out to thin out the front of her garden so I was thinking about using that instead. What do you think? And maybe for the first couple of years I can put some covering over them so they don't get trampled by the snow. Hopefully whoever moves in won't be cruel and throw snow on them. Thank you for the compliments, too :) The front garden has literally gone from nothing to that in three years since we bought the house and I did an overhaul on it. It does need more work.. things need to get reorganized and divided. Sigh... it's never ending work but so rewarding in the end. Anyways, once I'm done with this project (I have several more in the back yard, too!) I'll post some photos. Thanks again!!...See MoreNeed Suggestions on Historical Collection of Roses
Comments (63)Robert - If your grant has some additional funds you may want to purchase a gas chromatograph to do head space analysis of the fragrance. There are some good articles on rose fragrance back in old American Rose Society annuals, and of course many others and more recent ones as well. With a chromatograph, you can disect all of the components of a fragrance as well as quantitate them. That way you can reproduce any rose fragrance that you smell. I was amazed to learn how many different chemical components actually comprize a single fragrance. Just a thought, perhaps beyond HS chemistry, but I wouldn't be surprized that something at that level might be taught. The folks at an organization in NJ (perhaps something like International Fragrances etc.) once purchased 30 different roses (2 each) from me that I could choose. They clearly were cataloging fragrances chemically. Best, Nick...See MoreHistorical Iris ID
Comments (9)I came up with some for you to mark Off your list of possibilities! If photos no longer available at site, I have a copy - can email. Anne Newhard - maybe too bi-color Bluejay - (Farr'13) close, vein area not quite a match, at Dave's Garden. Caterina - at Superstition & Dave's. Celeste - (Lemon, 1848) doesn't seem to have reflexed standards that are so graceful on yours. See Laurie's pic at Dave's. Conquistador - beard ends with more white ? and veined area not extending under beard. Lady Fosta - one pic very washed out at Irislanthelme (oops, they don't seem to be online anymore). Nuee D'Orage - veined haft not extending under beard at Superstition. It would be interesting to see if every year the vein area is constant. I have noticed slight variation on ruffling in sucessive years (only because I had pics - looked the same to my eye). And "space agers" can vary on the beards....See MorePhotos of historic Tb Iris
Comments (14)esofva, I'm a member of HIPs and participated in the sale this year for the first time. I think it depends on how set you are on certain cultivars as to how pleased you'd be with the members sale. The rhizomes were $5.50 each, very reasonable. A good portion of what I received were nice medium size and healthy. Probably 80% of my order was substituted as some donors had to drop out early for various legitimate reasons (health, family emergency, etc). I ordered late though so in a first come/first serve situation that may have played a part in my getting so many substitution. Others on the HIPS forum noted that the number of substitutions I had was unusual and it is possible my order was accidentally swapped with someone elses. Some of those I actually ordered that made it into my shipment were so very small, honestly smaller than a 1st yr seedling. But I was given several bonus cultivars with them to make up for small size. Overall I like surprises and I was so thrilled to get some of the oldies that I am pleased with my order. Quite a few probably won't bloom next year but they all have survived. It was not the quality of order that I would have expected from a commercial source but the price was also quite reasonable and it supports a good cause. Probably better than the sale is the chance to trade with others on the exchange forum for members. Of course that depends on what you have collected to offer in trades. I don't have a lot of room and am still pretty new to this so don't have a lot of named oldies to offer yet. In a few years that will have changed. There are commercial sources for oldies as mentioned above. Several iris vendors sell a few old cultivars and a few actually specialize in them....See Moreberrytea4me
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