Re: How do you order?
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- Subject: Re: How do you order?
- From: G* S* <g*@swbell.net>
- Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 06:18:35 -0700 (MST)
Hello Marte,
When we order iris we try to order in groups of "3" but that also depends on
price. If the iris we are ordering is costly we may only order 1. Example, we
are ordering "Heaven" by Ghio this year and because of cost the order will be for
one only!
By the way, my brother lives in Idaho Springs, CO
Glenn
Marte Halleck wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I imagine lots of you are off participating in Friday Night Chat, but I
> have questions I want to throw out for reaction & am in no hurry.
>
> What I'm curious about is: when you send away for an iris you haven't
> grown before, do you order just one rhizome or bulb or do you order in
> multiples? If the latter, how many do you typically order of each named
> iris? (I'm not thinking of tiny rock garden irises here -- one of those
> would not a statement make...)
>
> Does the quantity you order depend strictly on price (especially if it's
> steep per each), the *type* of iris it is (TB, JI, etc.) or what? If you
> order in onesies, do you wait to see how it does in your garden & then
> order additional rz or bulbs the next year or depend on increases to
> build your "drifts"?
>
> Obviously, I've had a lapful of catalogs lately, trying to figure out
> how best to divvy up my iris dollars -- mortgaging the cat is not going
> to help after all. I'd love to know how the rest of you solve the
> dilemma of wanting lots of coloful diversity & yet also wanting enough
> of each specific flower so that it doesn't always look like a
> hodge-podge out there. Thanks for your comments!
>
> Marte in the mtns Zone 4/Sunset 1 Colorado -- we got 2 1/2' of snow at
> my place 9 days ago but it's been so warm since that it's mostly melted
> & a person can begin to think, seriously, of spring. Yahoo!
