Re: Iris pseudacorus

 

Awards are the domain of AIS, but I was thinking that it might be worthwhile for SIGNA to develop a position on the subject and, if we think something needs to be changed, make recommendations to AIS. I believe SIGNA already decided a few years back to no longer allow pseudacorus seed in the exchange except from named cultivars?

I only have a slight idea what other people's opinions are on this topic, but I think we ought to be able to have a polite discussion about it :) Some of these laws are hard to interpret, but by my count about a quarter of U.S. gardeners can't legally grow pseudacorus.

Sean Z

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Mark Cook h*@gmail.com [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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Sean,
 That is a very good point. My stance may be a bit unpopular, but here it goes... I think that SIGNA needs to check out the law, and maybe communicate with the authorities in the states where Iris pseudacorus is illegal to sell, swap, or give away.Â
 Once it is clearly known which plants would be legal and which ones would not be, then no longer give awards to plants that are illegal to grow in those states. The problem is that once escaped into the wild, in a suitable habitat, Iris pseudacorus can crowd everything native out and make an inpenetrable thicket.

Mark A. Cook
Dunnellon, Florida USAÂÂÂÂÂ
AHS Region 12 ÂÂ USDA Zone 8b

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Sean Zera z*@umich.edu [iris-species] <i*@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


Given that a large number of states have banned trade in IrisÂpseudacorusÂand its hybrids and more are likely to follow, I wonder if SIGNA should be having a serious discussion about this. In the last 15 years, two Founders of SIGNA medal winners have been pseudacorus and *five* Randoph-Perry winners have been hybrids. Environmental impacts of invasive species aside, from a practical standpoint it seems odd to be promoting cultivars that are actually illegal for a large percentage of gardeners in the US to grow.

Sean Z




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