OT: BIO -- Intro
- Subject: OT: BIO -- Intro
- From: h*
- Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 16:40:35 -0000
OT-BIO: I just joined yesterday. Thanks for providing All About in
the Files section. That answered a lot of my questions. I still
have one other question. I'm sure if I combed through the more than
34,000 posts I could find the answer, but I really don't have the
time. Is there a map somewhere on which I could see the "zones"
people refer to?
I fell in love with Irises as a child. I practically memorized
Cooley's Iris Garden's catalog. ("New pinks from Dave Hall! New
plicatas from Jim Riddle! New browns from Dr. Kleinsorge!) My mouth
would water when I looked at the pictures of "Tahola", "Silvertone"
and "Festoon." They were $30 a rhizome. I would buy the sixty cent
varieties like "Voodoo" and "Wabash." I would save my allowance
money and buy rhizomes. By the time I left for college I had over 50
varieties. A lot of these were given to me. My iris collection did
not really look spectacular until I was away at college. My mother
took photographs of them and told me that they were stopping traffic
in front of the house.
I've lived in Manhattan since 1967, so I haven't grown any iris in
all that time. But I'll retire in about 10 or 12 years and when I do
I want to go somewhere where I can have an iris garden. I was
delighted to find this site which brought back so many memories.
I've read the 50 most recent messages, and I'll try to catch up. –
Mick
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