(&*#&($$# Blue Iris my eye
 

Last Spring I picked up what I thought were Blue Iris from Home Depot.
I mean if the box says Blue Iris is it unreasonable of me to expect
the color blue? The box was stapled to the poly bag holding the
pot, plant and soil.

Well I guess these are those yellow invisible blue iris.

I have loads of yellow yellow iris and I was hoping that with some
blue iris I could make some green iris. (joking)

Oh well at least they were half price.

Jay

(&*#&($$# Blue Iris my eye
 

We can see that you've been following BV's methods extensively ;)
Too many brewskies.....
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"JJ" wrote in message
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Last Spring I picked up what I thought were Blue Iris from Home Depot.
I mean if the box says Blue Iris is it unreasonable of me to expect
the color blue? The box was stapled to the poly bag holding the
pot, plant and soil.

Well I guess these are those yellow invisible blue iris.

I have loads of yellow yellow iris and I was hoping that with some
blue iris I could make some green iris. (joking)

Oh well at least they were half price.

Jay

(&*#&($$# Blue Iris my eye
 

"JJ" wrote in message
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Last Spring I picked up what I thought were Blue Iris from Home Depot.
I mean if the box says Blue Iris is it unreasonable of me to expect
the color blue? The box was stapled to the poly bag holding the
pot, plant and soil.

Well I guess these are those yellow invisible blue iris.

I have loads of yellow yellow iris and I was hoping that with some
blue iris I could make some green iris. (joking)

Oh well at least they were half price.

Jay...

I bought yellow and blue last year, although I have not seem them bloom.
After they do, I hope to keep track of which is which, since they need to be
divided. I'd be willing to trade you some blue for some yellow when the time
comes, if you like.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

(&*#&($$# Blue Iris my eye
 

I have some invisible flag in the frog bog.
Three years of lovely invisible blooms!

jan and I once visited a pond which had a huge stand of iris, all one color
except for one brave bloom of a different color. We commented on the fact and
the pond owner said when his daughter was married the previous year the iris
had all bloomed so he bought silk iris and put them in the greenery for the
wedding. The one odd colored bloom was a left over from the
subterfuge.


kathy :-)
A HREF="http://www.onceuponapond.com/"Once upon a pond/A

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Sounds like the hosta I got from Wally World this spring. Suppose to be
Patriot, green with white trim. This was in a bag clearly marked with a
picture from whomever sold them to WW. What came up? Solid green ones. I
got what I wanted later, already growing from at the grocery store, no
less. hrrumpt! ~ jan


On Mon, 03 May 2004 07:54:08 GMT, (JJ) wrote:

Last Spring I picked up what I thought were Blue Iris from Home Depot.
I mean if the box says Blue Iris is it unreasonable of me to expect
the color blue? The box was stapled to the poly bag holding the
pot, plant and soil.

Well I guess these are those yellow invisible blue iris.

I have loads of yellow yellow iris and I was hoping that with some
blue iris I could make some green iris. (joking)

Oh well at least they were half price.

Jay

(Do you know where your water quality is?)

(&*#&($$# Blue Iris my eye
 

(&*#&($$# Blue Iris my eye
 

and then there was this outrageous coral red peony I bought from cheap garden center
in small pot with single flower. planted it and wonder of wonders it bloomed the
next year..... PINK. I HATE PINK... however, this pink was Monet pink so I didnt rip
it out. http://puregold.aquaria.net/landscape/bkyd/mvc-024f.jpg
I think the composition of the soil affects flower color as well. Ingrid

(Sue Walsh) wrote:
Color Rule #1: if you want a plant of a certain color the only way to
be sure is to see that plant in BLOOM and buy the one with the open
flower.


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(&*#&($$# Blue Iris my eye
 

wrote in message
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and then there was this outrageous coral red peony I bought from cheap
garden center
in small pot with single flower. planted it and wonder of wonders it
bloomed the
next year..... PINK. I HATE PINK... however, this pink was Monet pink so
I didnt rip
it out. http://puregold.aquaria.net/landscape/bkyd/mvc-024f.jpg
I think the composition of the soil affects flower color as well. Ingrid


Yes, yes it does :)...I know for sure that playing with NO3 and K ratios
brings out different colours in the leaves. Potassium (K) will bring out
nice reds in red foliage plants while Nitrates will bring out the greens.
Obvious really but I'm sure this would affect flower colour aswell. I'll get
back to you on that! :) Plants interest me immensely!
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SPEAKING of red peonys...

I bought one to mark a pet's grave and it hasn't died, but it hasn't
grown one inch. Last night i noticed the very tips of the leaves are
trying to yellow. I fertilized and watered it and am hoping for a big
pretty bush!

(sorry you got pink)




On Mon, 10 May 2004 14:06:02 GMT, wrote:

and then there was this outrageous coral red peony I bought from
cheap garden center
in small pot with single flower. planted it and wonder of wonders it
bloomed the
next year..... PINK. I HATE PINK... however, this pink was Monet
pink so I didnt rip
it out. http://puregold.aquaria.net/landscape/bkyd/mvc-024f.jpg
I think the composition of the soil affects flower color as well.
Ingrid

(Sue Walsh) wrote:
Color Rule #1: if you want a plant of a certain color the only way
to
be sure is to see that plant in BLOOM and buy the one with the open
flower.


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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
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Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.