Blue Iris for washing.
Lauw de Jager (Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:09:29 PST)
John,
You give a real romantic impression of France, where women are still
washing their cloths in a "lavoir publique". A pity that in January-February
there are so few tourists about to see the "spectacle". Here in the Provence
wewould organise this sort of event during the summer.
Avec mes salutations.
Lauw
le 1/01/90 20:11, John Bryan à johnbryan@worldnet.att.net a écrit :
I have often noticed in
France, Iris with blue flowers, no doubt Iris germanica, being grown
close to where there are public washing places for clothes, most
commonly seen now in villages and small towns. On my recent visit,
January/early February, I found out when doing their washing, a portion
of the root was placed into the water as this made all linens brighter,
especially white items
Lauw de Jager
http://www.bulbargence.com/
South of France (zone 8 Olivier)