Greetings
- Subject: Greetings
- From: s*@epix.net (Cheryl & Erich Schaefer)
- Date: Fri, 9 Feb 96 22:37:52 MST
Hello There! I trust I am now speaking to the truly addicted, to irises
that is. We are relatively new gardeners - 6 years - and only 4 years into
irises, with this year representing the first committed to increasing our
collection extensively. Unfortunately, we are terrible at keeping variety
names straight and though I am working on it, it will take time to change
my ways. Many of the irises we have, mostly tall bearded, were gifts from
friend's originally and a good number were given to us by an iris breeder
as his rejects. I'd guess we have about 150 bearded clumps and a few
siberian, Japanese and dwarf varieties. The new ones this year will all be
reblooming irises, which in zone 5 will probably not be the success they
are in warmer spots. I'm particularly interested in knowing more about the
rebloomers and anyone's experience with them. TIA
Cheryl, in the fabulous Finger Lakes of New York - Zone 5
schaefer@epix.net