HIST: HIPS Sale Rhizomes
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- Subject: HIST: HIPS Sale Rhizomes
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 07:44:42 -0600
Hello, Everyone!
This is the season when the iris orders roll in, and yesterday it was a
carton from Larry Harder containing rhizomes from the HIPS Sale. In spite
of Larry's apologetic note about not being able to fill all orders, I
received four of the five cultivars I had ordered, plus three extra
rhizomes, only one of which represented a cultivar I am already growing.
The logistics of the HIPS Sale are quite challenging, as the sale list is
based on pledged donations that are not always forthcoming when it is time
to ship the rhizomes. Hats off to Larry and the HIPS force for doing as
well as they do! I would shudder to even think about conducting our local
club sale on the basis of a pre-printed list of the cultivars that would be
available when the sale was held.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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> From: Jeff and Carolyn Walters <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> To: iris-talk@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk] AR: Arilbred beds
> Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 9:44 PM
>
> > From: Jimmie Clark <clarkgar@advertisnet.com>
> > My Aril's does not have any weeds or grass around them. They must put
out
> something. But that is a mystery to me.
>
> Jim and Cindy,
>
> My ABs must be wimps, as they do not seem to repel weeds any better than
> TBs or medians - which is not very well at all this year. I have just
spent
> the last four evenings weeding out one bed so that I can locate all the
> above mentioned types of iris in order to dig and divide them. This bed
was
> weed free at the beginning of the bloom season (about two months ago),
and
> I have been faced with the daunting prospect of staring
eyeball-to-eyeball
> (I am 6 ft. tall) with prickly lettuce and other vegetable thugs night
> after night! I have never had weed growth like this before. I must admit
> that now that I have uncovered the irises they appear to have been
unfazed
> by the weedy incursion on their turf.
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
> jcwalters@bridgernet.com
>
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