Re: OT-BIO: Hi from Bob Dickow, welcome!
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- Subject: Re: OT-BIO: Hi from Bob Dickow, welcome!
- From: L* A* <a*@mail.wsu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 10:18:49 -0600 (MDT)
Bob,
Welcome to the IRIS-L!! I'm delighted to find someone else in my
neighborhood (literally) on this list and who shares a love of the iris.
I can assure you that you will find lots of wonderful, knowledgeable
people with lots of information via this list.
I've never ordered from V.B. so can't help you there but I'm sure that
someone else on the list might be able to help you.
You are correct about the heights of the sibs and raspberries, but I must
warn you that our clay soil can quickly rot the tall bearded rhizomes
unless it is 'lightened'.
Anyway, welcome to the list and welcome to Moscow!
Lane
At 03:31 AM 7/29/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi,
> I'm new to the iris list. I have always liked irises, and now
>have a garden with almost 20 different siberians, a few germans,
>and some odds and ends (versicolor, some spuria (orientalis?), et al).
> I'm growing in the north Idaho Palouse region, and it is a
>great place to grow...some of my sibs get to over 4 feet tall here!
>(Raspberries @ 9 feet etc; you get the picture). Too much
>Miracle Gro maybe?? ;-)
> For 20 years I grew orchids and had a greenhouse full of them.
>Had to sell them though when I moved to Idaho. The irises are
>the closest things to orchids in beauty, I'd say, but they don't
>need a greenhouse, so that's the way to go..
> I just today ordered some spuria hybrids from Van Bourgundien. Have I
>been bitten?
>
>***********************************************//*
>* Bob Dickow (dickow@uidaho.edu) \\// *
>* Associate Professor of Horn/Theory/Composition *
>* Lionel Hampton School of Music/Univ of Idaho *
>* URL: http://www.uidaho.edu/~dickow/ *
>**************************************************
>
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>
Lane Alexander alex@wsu.edu
Moscow, Idaho
Zone 4 Sunset zone 2
