Re: Lost (?) & Found Irises
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- Subject: Re: Lost (?) & Found Irises
- From: M* H* <M*@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 02:00:20 -0600 (MDT)
Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Marte wrote:
>
> > Doubt I'll ever know how they came to be growing about 50' downhill
> > from the highway -- maybe they literally fell off the back of a
> > truck?
>
> Sounds probable. But, you got crows? I recall some discussion in the
> past about crows uprooting up rhizomes and moving them around. Nothing
> was said at the time about them carrying them off, and I've never
> understood what they wanted with them other than as possible nesting
> material, but if you found these in the vicinity of a tree....
Yup, we got crows & ravens & even turkey buzzards but Scrub Oaks aren't
exactly trees to roost in, more like overgrown shrubs. Can't really
imagine even big birds hauling iris rhizomes into the air -- possible, I
s'pose, but they would have had to carry them quite a long way.
> I look forward to hearing a description of these when they bloom. This
> should be fun. Wouldn't it be a hoot if it turned out to be BEVERLY
> SILLS or something? You missing anything from your garden?
Only what "my" elk has been eating or uprooting. And I think it would be
an even better hoot if it turned out to be EDITH WOLFORD or BATIK...
Marte in the mtns
Evergreen, Colorado
