Re: new procedures??

Hey, Gunnar!! I know what you mean.  It's sunny and warm here in Buffalo, NY
and I have to run outside every fifteen minutes to see the iris growing.
I'm telling you, I should bring my coffee out there.  Too much sunnnnnnn
They are still weakly green and sort of like cooked lettuce.  But tomorrow
I'' bet while I'm off doing Garden Info Day convincing folks to join the
WEENIES and looking at a video of the AIS Convention Gardens in Oregon, some
of the little ones will be swelling and planning to bloom.  Then, I'll bet
by next week I'll have some real live bloom.  The better -- I can't remember,
I will not finish "the cruelest month" with no bearded iris blooms.  
So there.
Now, can you get plants in the mail??  How do we get you some REAL iris?  I
saw some bearded at the local Home Depot yesterday.  Who knows what they 
are... They may not be registered with AIS or anyone and if you are going
to change the world as you know it in Sweden, you need the real thing.
So, how do we do that?  I know Clarence Mahan ships internationally and it's
pretty expensive with inspections, etc. But there has to be a way...
Maybe folks on this list have some ideas
Not that your purchase isn't a real iris, but some of those mentioned on this
list as long livers and award winners should be in your garden so you know
what we're talking about.  Yours is probably a really hardy one and will
probably do just great. For mass production, it would have to be!! and a great
'increaser, too.  The ones I saw were from Holland of all places.  
Let me know how it does.  
I saw some daylilies in the same display, also from Holland.  And the name
of one I recognized as one that is not registered with AHS, and the AHS 
folks say that it's hardy and all. I wonder how it got from the Hall garden
to Holland and back to the USA!! Probably the same story with your iris.
Carolyn Schaffner in Buffalo, NY
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