RE: OT-BIO -- Maureen Mark


I seem to be having problems posting a message but not with replying.  I =
tried four times using different methods.  So, I am introducing myself via a=
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reply.

I live in Ottawa, Canada and have been growing a variety of iris with my =
husband (Sandy Ives) beginning almost 10 years ago.  In the garden now are =
all classes of bearded iris, Siberian, Japanese, Louisiana, Spuria, Pacific =
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Coast (from seed), Dutch, reticulata and a few species iris.  I do this all =
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on a 50X100 city lot.  We are both doing judges training with the AIS and =
are members of the Canadian Iris Society.

I have finally succumbed to subscribing.  The trigger was the AIS conventio=
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in Michigan.  It was a lot of fun meeting new people and talking iris all =
the time.

In case some of you don't know where Ottawa is, it normally gets very cold =
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with lots of snow in the winter and very hot and often humid in the summer. =
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 With this crazy weather, the the late SDBs are still blooming with the =
early TBs.  The siberians don't seem to be affected as much.  It looks like =
the Japanese may bloom earlier than normal.  (Last year we had three =
freeze-thaws!)

Maureen Mark
mark.maureen@fin.gc.ca
Ottawa, Ontario -- where Pink Pele is orange but still beautiful.
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From: Michael Cook
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Welcome, bad plant sources
Date: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 10:49

     Let us welcome the new members to the Iris List.  I hope you enjoy the=

group.  Bob mentioned dividing Irises last year and not having them to
bloom this year,  The advice I have seen on this has been good, but I would=

like to consider one more factor in this:  How long had it been since they
had last been divided prior to this past division.  If Irises are allowed
to grow for many years without division, the result is often small rhizomes=

that take a season or two to get back to blooming size.  Irises should be
divided every third year.
     I am glad to see the discussion concerning Michigan Bulb Company,
Springhill, and other notoriously bad plant sources.  Some of these are so
bad that they should not be permitted to operate.  The best thing to do is
to avoid buying from such sources and to tell everyone you know to avoid
them too.  Hit them where it hurts:  Their bank account.

Mark A. Cook
macook@iglou.com
Lexington, KY         The rotten weather capital of the US.
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