Re: Iris in cold climates (was IRIS EMERGENCE)
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- Subject: Re: Iris in cold climates (was IRIS EMERGENCE)
- From: P* &* Y* T* <t*@dynamite.com.au>
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 05:39:47 -0600 (MDT)
At 11:21 7/04/98 -0600, you wrote:
>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,
Thank you. I'm never quite sure whether people are interested in the
comments I make.
Thanks again. Paul T (Australia)
