Re: CULT:TB: A Whole New List - The Hardiest of the Hardy

Hi Joelle

The website is:

http://www.schreinersgardens.com

I believe they distribute some of their irises to Ferncliffe Gardens in
BC as well.  Are you a member of the
group ColdZoneGardens group?

Sandra, in Manitoba where we wish we could send some of our rain to
Lenora.

Joelle Dewhurst wrote:

>  Hi Sandra, what is the web site that you order from in Oregon.
> Joelle
> (zone3) Sask.
> >Hi
> >
> >I am in Zone 3, in SE Manitoba, Canada.  I agree with your August
> 15th
> >deadline, I have much better luck if I can get new
> >rhizomes growing in July.  I have had excellent luck ordering from
> >Schreiner's  in Oregon.  I particularly like the irises they
> >send because of the amount of increase they come with.  Quite often I
>
> >get six increases (small) along with the rhizome.  That
> >way if I lose the main stalk the first winter (which quite often
> >happens), I have a good supply of increases that do not rot to
> >replace it.  I guess I would be in trouble if the whole rhizome
> rotted,
> >but normally it is just the main stalk that is damaged.
> >After the first winter everything survives just fine usually...... so
>
> >far (and touch wood).  I have been growing large quantities of
> >tall beardeds in my current location for four winters now.
> >
> >I do not cover my irises over the winter, even the first year ones.
> I
> >have a heavy clay type soil and I find I have more problems
> >with rot, when I cover them.
> >
> >Sandra Barss
> >SE Manitoba
> >Zone 3
> >
> >LenoraLafky@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >        Last year I purchased quite a large order from my friend
> LeRoy
> > > Meininger - Monument Iris Garden - Mitchell, Nebraska (on the AIS
> list
> > > of
> > > growers).  LeRoy is at 4,000 feet, does not "pump up" his iris
> prior
> > > to
> > > shipping, and I was very pleased - only lost two of them.  My
> friend
> > > Keith
> > > (Keppel) in Salem, OR, makes sure I get my order the latter part
> of
> > > July -
> > > and I have very good luck with them.  Keith and I have determined
> that
> > > if I
> > > plant after the 15th of Aug. I'm in big trouble with rot - as
> > > evidenced by
> > > the later plantings.  And, some of the rhizomes don't even rot -
> they
> > > just
> > > sit there - nice and firm (they are still out there) - no roots,
> no
> > > growth -
> > > nothing!  Guess they are just being `conservationists' - holding
> the
> > > soil
> > > down.
> > >        Another grower I've had good luck with is Nicholson's in
> CA;
> > > they are
> > > in a drier climate.  For orders from some large growers whose
> rhizomes
> > > are
> > > `pumped' with water prior to shipping, I lay them out in the shade
> for
> > > about
> > > a week (they LOOK dry, but aren't); then dip in 1 pt. plain
> Chlorox to
> > > 9 pts.
> > > water with a couple of Tbsp. of Daconil added, for 20 minutes
> (leaves
> > > & all),
> > > rinse well, dry, then plant; it has made a big difference.
> > >        Hope some of this will be of help to you.  Don't give
> > > up........
> > > Len
> > >
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