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Nov 1, 2017 8:58 AM CST
Name: Kevin Vaughn
Salem OR (Zone 8a)
Julia,

Quite a few in that coloration here! In fact as I was looking around the yard yesterday there were several dozen things that could be named that are different/ better/ unique. So, I will be very finicky about which ones come to market.

As I flash backed to my youth when the ONE different red or purple seedling was almost a sure introduction because there were so few good ones in those color ranges. Now we have them in spades. What I throw away is better than virtually anything created in that era. This has always been the case with irises where there's such extensive hybridizing that very few "classic" cultivars survive as commercial items for more than 10 years. Now we're beginning to see that with semps too.

Kevin

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