Half joking. Terry might be a little protective of it in view of its history, although patenting it is perhaps moot at this juncture, and ,on the flip side, there might be merit to having a trustworthy southerner trial it…
Stephen, if you aren’t familiar, you should search this forum for the thread on Yellow John Davis rose: Origins of Yellow John Davies
[Edited to acknowledge my mistake: Saw the capital T for Tim and assumed it was Terry in the converation. Need to pay better attention!]
Good view imo … “moot point”.
Feels like time is quickly winding down before the methods that created the great pretender in American rose history show up … or Victorian Memory ll shows up as a reincarnation … until somebody figures out in the future what happened.
I would be interested in purchasing a clump this spring if you still have it. I could road trip down from Wisconsin. Unfortunately I don’t have much in roses to trade be do have lots of Siberian and German irises.
Tim
Tim;
Let me know a good time to send. I’ve haven’t grown many irises, but am willing to give it a go.
Stephen