Name: Teresa Felty Barrow South central KY (Zone 6b) SONGBIRD GARDENS
Not an iris but I had to think long and hard before planting a $5 daylily clump of TN Vols . I am a true blue KY Wildcat fan. It is a great orange so I did cave and it looks great.
It's a new John Van Hook (a KY hybridizer) intro this year, so ya might want to wait a couple of years to get it. He was having some health issues and didn't make it to the last meeting and rhizome sale- I think everyone was hoping he'd have some Wildcat Madness with him.
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
I will be seeing your Wildcats up close and personal when Duke plays them on Nov. 17th. It's my nephew's birthday so I got tickets to the basketball game as a present. Have to represent my Blue Devils. (Ah, now you see it fits the demonic category....).
"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black
John Van Hook lives in Somerset, KY. It is his Dad who has health issues. John was just knee-deep in mud from all of the rain down there and having trouble getting his work done and orders dug as well as helping with his Dad.
I have to support my Wildcats but have a son-in-law who is a Blue Devil Duke grad.
I don't care what an iris is named as long as it blooms but I do have Sordid Lives and Devil's Lake.
Name: Jan Wax Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a) I'm a semi-retired studio potter.
So many Kentuckians on this thread! I went to U of K my first year of college. Rupp was coach of the
basketball team then. Most memorable was having Wendell Berry as my freshman comp professor!
Berry just received a major Humanities award from President Obama.
Name: Jan Wax Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a) I'm a semi-retired studio potter.
I count having Wendell Berry as a professor as one of the best things that happened in my life.
He really did open my eyes to love of the earth and nature.
Dodger Blue opened for me the first time this year, and it is an amazing blue color. One of the best blues I've seen. I guess if a name offended me I'd give it a new name for my garden. I suppose I could call it Brewer Blue! But that would be disrespecting the poor flower!
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.