Re: :CHAT;My Foggy Memory.

Wendy

Dare I tell you it was 20-22oC in Perth last week.  Everyone acted like they
were going to die when it got down to 6-7oC overnight, hats, scarves, great
coats etc. Finished work early on my last day and had a wonderful walk in
Kings Park. Found the Banskia garden for the first time. For those that
don't know, King's Park is a huge botanic garden of Western Aust flora,
magnificently set on a hill overlooking Perth city and the huge Swan River.
Some things make so much travelling for work, a lot more acceptable.
Caught up with Ann Pearce also. She's doing quite well.

Here its been fine and frosty, about -1 overnight and 17oC during the day.
WIll need some rain soon.
My reticulatas are just popping through. Slugs have been nibbling the tops.
Hate using much slug bait as I'm worried about hurting our large frog
population.
Bought a lot of PCN  seeds fron Ghio and they're all starting to germinate
along with the first of my SIGNA seeds. They sibs always come up first.

Colleen Modra
South Aust
-----Original Message-----
From: wendy sargeant <wendon@dcsi.net.au>
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk]:CHAT;My Foggy Memory.


>Hello Jan and All,
>Sorry Jan to dob you in but you were the first person I thought of who
could
>help Paul Tyermans questions:). Yes you were correct, I did get your new
>arils confused with Junos..oops. It has been so cold here lately and at the
>moment I am trapped inside by a large heavy blanket of fog again. It is so
>thick outside that I cant even see the end of my driveway, let alone drive
>over to ride my horses at their stables.Definately not safe here as there
>are often accidents on our local roads due to the lack of
>visibility....Imagine if a cow strayed out, oh no that is a bad thought.
>Any how my brain must have got a little foggy too and the memory banks have
>nearly frozen up. I wish I could get inside the heater but I think a very
>hot shower might warm me up.
>So you have sold your house, if so that must be a relief, and your moving
>too?...I hope the new house has a large garden so you can plant all your
>treasures..At the moment all my irises are covered in fog mist and what
>seems to have been a bit of a frost. All the dutch irises leaves have
>flopped over and are looking a bit limp. At least the days when they clear
>are sunny.Lots of retics are sticking their noses out along with the other
>squillions of bulbs,, ie, trilliums, many daffs, species and hybrids,
>tulips,crocus, alliums and many more,, Roll on Spring. Don is counting the
>days till we have a 20 degree C day, he hates winter.......Brr for Now from
>Wendy Sargeant in Victoria, Austrlia, Zone 8ish....
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@h    otmail.com>
>To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 10:34 PM
>Subject: [iris-talk] (unknown)
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>>
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>> >I dont know if this will be of much help but I got a lot of info
>regarding
>> >the growth patterns of many of your irises from Jan Clark
>>
>> LOL - since I have been dobbed in, I had better reply. Paul - are you a
>> member of the ARILROBIN? They might be able to give you some answers.
They
>> have had extensive discussions re germination lately.
>>
>> >Jan might be able to help you further as she is a mine of helpful info
>and
>> >has quite a collection of Junos etc from what I can remember.
>>
>> No junos here, sorry to say, only a few seeds which haven't been planted.
>I
>> would love info re germinating and growing these, in about a zone 8. I am
>> moving in 3 months to a climate similar to Pauls in Canberra (Creswick -
>> north of Ballarat) I will be disappointed if it doesn't snow at least
once
>a
>> year. Not many frosts, they usually have a good blanket of fog every
>morning
>> in winter.
>> I do have a lot of Aribreds, courtesy of Sam Fankhauser. That is probably
>> what Wendy was thinking of. I am pleased to say they are looking very
>> healthy, and might give me some bloom this season.
>> Cheers, Jan
>> > > Iris mandshurica
>> > > Iris thunbergii
>> > > Iris sogdiana
>> > > Iris haynii
>> > > Iris jordana
>> > > Iris stolonifera
>> > > Iris koreana
>> > > Iris latifolia
>> > > Iris caucasica
>> > > Iris sikkimensis
>> > > Iris aucheri
>> > > Iris magnifica
>> > >
>> > > If anyone has information on any or all of these species then I >
>would
>> >be most appreciative of some of it.  I know almost nothing > about most
>of
>> >these species (some I cannot even find in reference > books, others
there
>> >are references to, but nothing much else.
>> > > Cheers
>> > > Paul Tyerman
>> > > Canberra, Australia.  USDA equivalent - Zone 8
>>
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