Re: CULT: iris in foreign climates

We sent a very large shipment to the UK last year and the Ag
Inspectors lost (held back) two of the four boxes for several weeks.
So it was about a month that the plants were in packaging. They all
apparently survived. Fortunately the recipient had paid for insurance.

Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills AUST
zone 8/9

colleen@impressiveirises.com.au


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Johnson" <diveta@mail.pf>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [iris] CULT: iris in foreign climates


> Hi:
>
> I'm still suffering though and haven't given up hope yet, with
> the same kind of mail problem.  Three parcels were sent to me
> from France of Amaryllis bulbs on the same day.  Two parcels
> arrive a month ago and were promptly delivered after having
> passed the local agricultural inspection (most of those amaryllis
> are now blooming) and no one can find the third parcel, which as
> luck would have it is the largest parcel.  Living outside the US,
> we have to get use to this kind of things, although it is quite
> rare.
>
> As I mentioned though, the hardest part is finding supplier that
> can provide the required phytosanitary certificate.
>
> Happy Iris Growing To All
>
> Dick Johnson, Tahiti
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jgcrump" <jgcrump@erols.com>
> To: <iris@HORT.NET>
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 1:11 PM
> Subject: [iris] CULT: iris in foreign climates
>
>
> > Since we're discussing iris in foreign climes, I'm pleased to
> report some
> > relief in the concern I've been feeling about a shipment of TB
> and IB irises I
> > sent to the southeast coast of Ireland this fall.
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