Re: CULT: Small rhizomes

Fellow iris lovers,

I think this has been good input, so hopefully it will balance what I 
uncomfortably felt obligated to report.  As I said at the time, I 
only posted something because I had recommended Riverview to someone 
here as a source for hard-to-find cvs.

I wish I could say that all my concerns have been met by these 
postings, but I will keep those to myself.  In balance, I am grateful 
that Riverview is out there.

And I feel for you, Paul, being far from U.S. growers; I feel the 
same about Barry Blyth!

Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA, in iris heaven



--- In iris-talk@y..., Paul Tyerman <ptyerman@o...> wrote:
> At 01:50  17/07/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >    I ordered from Riverview last year, and the rhizomes
> > were of okay size. All lived; most bloomed. It may be
> > specific to the cultivars you ordered - if you could only
> > find them from Riverview, it may be that these are not good
> > growers, and that's why other catalogs no longer list them.
> > 
> 
> Howdy All,
> 
> I am in Australia and have no idea of the reputation or anything of
> Riverview.  However, from the various emails that I've seen it it 
appears
> to me that the following applies to them......
> 
> *  They are in a harsh climate, which always tends to make the 
rhizomes
> smaller and hardier rather than big and luxuriant.  From experience 
this
> should not at all change the viability or health, just the size of 
the
> rhizomes
> 
> *  They vary from year to year (as any nursery would do) based on 
that
> particularly harsh climate.
> 
> *  I think they actually posted here that this year was a 
particularly
> harsh year, so the rhizomes would have been smaller this year.
> 
> *  No-one has said that they've had poor results from Riverview 
rhizomes,
> but rathe that they grew and acclimatised well, even though 
sometimes small
> when they arrived.
> 
> *  If the varieties are now a unique offering by them (i.e they are 
the
> only ones with certain varieties) then it is entirely possible that 
they
> may be a smaller growing variety.  I know some of the varieties I 
grow
> range from massive to tiny (one Rhizome I received of FULL TIDE a 
few years
> ago had 14 increases in one year) so small does not mean unhealthy.
> 
> I just wanted to summarise this based on what I (as an uninvolved 
part
> <grin>) had observed from the emails.  From what I've read it 
appears the
> size if based on growing conditions rather than health.  If I was 
able to
> order from them (Sigh!  If ONLY I was able to order from America
> easily........ Mike Sutton would be sending WAY more rhizomes to 
Australia
> <big grin>) then from the sound of these emails I'd be most happy 
to do so,
> knowing full well that I was going to mainly get healthy rhizomes 
that,
> although they may be small, would adapt to my climate easily and 
grow well.
> 
> Hope the summary may be of some help.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Paul Tyerman
> Canberra, Australia.  USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
> p*@o...
> 
> Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Crocus, 
Cyrtanthus,
> Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything else 
that
> doesn't move!!!!!


 

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