Re: companion plantings
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: companion plantings
- From: L* P* <p*@peak.org>
- Date: Fri, 5 Apr 1996 17:30:30 -0800
At 02:23 PM 4/5/96 MST, you wrote:
>Hello all,
>After seeing Clarance Mahan's slide presentation in Richmond and ogling the
>beautiful peonies -- I am somewhat more in love and honor with the
>*$100.00* holes I dig for my wife's peonies. (She has this strange idea
>that a peony hole should be 3 feet wide 3 feet deep, have at least a bushel
>of my best compost plus 5 bucks worth of bonemeal). I will admit that the
>peony 'Red Charm,' siberian 'Blue Burn' and a white TB make a super show
>together. They only oblige by blooming together 2 out of 3 years tho.
>
>She has just received a book on peonies that she claims is the best ever.
>(Our checkbook will be flat this fall -- books can be as dangerous as
>catalogs!) Anyway the title is 'Peonies' by Allan Rogers, published in '95
>by Timber Press.
>
>Does anyone have wind of new iris books?
>
>Mike Lowe, Virginia, USA
>
These books are definitely subversive and should be banned! Along with the
catalogs!
I have recently received an announcement from SPCNI that a book on Pacific
Coast Iris is in preparation. I hope it has lots of colorful "centerfolds"
like the Stockton catalog!
Happy iriodacy! Louise
Louise H. Parsons <parsont@peak.org>
1915 SE Stone St.
Corvallis, OR 97333 USA
USDA zone 7 , Emerald NARGS, AIS, SIGNA, SPCNI, transplanted Oregrowian
