Re: CAT: Joe Pye Weed's Garden
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- Subject: Re: CAT: Joe Pye Weed's Garden
- From: C* H* <c*@netcom.ca>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 07:44:39 -0700 (MST)
Kathy Marble wrote:
> My first iris catalog of 1998!
> At our ISM meeting yesterday I got my copy of Joe Pye Weed's 1998
> catalog/list. They are introducing their own Siberians, versicolors and an
> I. carthaliniae. In addition, they are introducing a sibirica from the UK,
> a ruthenica from NH, and a sibtosa from Tomas Tamberg of Germany.
>
> New Englanders (and those in similar climates) will be glad to hear that
> they are including a spring shipment date.
Chris writes:
Yes, this is indeed good news, now we must convince Carol Warner of Draycott
Gardens and others to do the same thing!
I have in fact, written her to request that she consider doing this as there is
definitely a substantial increase in the survivability of Springtime Siberian
transplants verses Autumn planting in our climatic area. (Southern Ontario)
--
Christopher Hollinshead
Mississauga, Ontario Canada zone6b
AIS(Region 16), CIS, SSI
Director-Canadian Iris Society
Newsletter Editor-Canadian Iris Society
e-mail: cris@netcom.ca
CIS website: http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS.html
