[pbs] An Iris spuria hybrid
Jim McKenney
jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
Wed Jun 4 16:28:12 EDT 2008
Another forum member sent me the url for the Spuria Iris Society (thanks,
Annalee):
http://www.spuriairis.com/
On the home page there is a cameo of a spuria iris bloom. The cultivar is
named 'Chocolate Fudge'. I think that's my iris!
Also, Ive been made aware of an opportunity to visit a garden full of
spuria irises the weekend after next.
Off topic, but perhaps of interest to those of you who follow weather: a
severe storm just passed over the greater Washington, D.C. area. At least
two tornados touched down, one far to the west of the city and another far
to the east. A third was seen hovering over the town of Manassas, Virginia
but that one did not touch the ground.
The anemometer at my sisters home (about a half hour north and west of
here) registered over 70 mph, and in a town near her a gust of over 80 mph
was recorded. Here in the garden, terrific gusts out of the east were
immediately followed by equally terrific gusts from the west.
We have a monster black oak in the garden which last week, on an utterly
calm night, dropped a gigantic limb on the neighbors garage. I kept an eye
on that tree throughout todays storm: it twisted, bowed and shook but held
its ground.
Another line of storms is on the way...
Jim McKenney
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Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone
7: anemones, anyone?
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