Re: Iris in cold climates (was IRIS EMERGENCE)

Paul asked:

<< Does anyone else out there get a buzz out of reading about
 what's happening to people on the other side of the world?  I still find it
 amazing to be "talking" to people who are under snow (Juri) and all the
 rest of the US people who've had their snow, rain, tornados and ice storms.
  It is most certainly the extreme opposite end of the scale to here!! >>

Yes. And I think one of the major recurring themes that we have developed over
the course of the list is the understanding of the widely different growing
conditions, and challenges, our members face individually. We discuss the
seasonal ebbs and flows, the catastrophes, and the delights. We see patterns
of hardiness, or thriftiness, emerge and learn which iris species or hybrid
cultivars may be problematic, and which are troopers. We pool our insights,
and some truths begin to emerge.Through these discussions of weather, or
soils, or blights, or pests, we each gain a wider appreciation of the genus,
and of the persistance and passion of those persons in widely diverse
circumstances who are intersted in it.

Anner Whitehead, Richmond,VA
Henry Hall henryanner@aol.com
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