Re: Aitken's iris in Northeast

It is the experience of many growers in Western New York that many iris
grown in the North West do well. Schreiners do well, as do Cooleys.  California
bred, however, do not do well.  I think it's genetic not specifically 
cultural.  It's a constant trial. If we cana get that rhizome well dried out
by letting it sit in the shade awhile before planting, fat juicy ones might
do all right.  ONe of our members tells about a rhizome she put aside in 
a wheelbarrow to dry out some more and it got stored in the tool shed and
in the spring, there it was, she popped it into the "ground" and it took off
like a shot.  She's a grower of everything, however.  She can make anything
grow well -- sells out of her yard -- at around 80 years old, she introduced
her first Japanese Iris last year, and won a runner-up at the AIS convention.
Re-reading this-- I mentioned two things 1- a genetic problem with Calif.
iris, and 2 - a cultural problem with fat rhizomes from any source and how
to fix it, PERHAPS
Carolyn Schaffner, Buffalo NY
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