Various thoughts

Hi everyone!

     About 17 yrs. ago while in Ga our son had to be stripped of clothing out
on a football field during a peewee football game do to those fire ants. They
are no joke. VERY PERSISANT! Our solution was to move to western Washington,
not a recommendation for the rest of you, but it worked for us. Now we have
the blessing of slugs, snails, cut worms, leaf rollers, leaf  miner s, and
long winter days of no sun.
We certainly miss the sunshine of the South, but not the tornados,
hurricanes, ect.
Every part of the world has it's joy and beauty as well as it's opposit. Viva
la differance!

     I have two beds of JI and Sib. Both are areas where it don't add
limestone or bone meal. It took me a while to learn what not to do. The first
site is at the base of some fir trees. Because the trees take up lots of
water and nutrient I must water and feed more but the iris bloom though they
do not really do their best . That in it's self is a blessing, they don't
grow into huge clumps before I can get back to that bed. Mostly I had to
place them in that location because I had a heavy hand on the dolomite. I've
learnd and now I'm much better at providing the better care the iris may
need.. I use soaker hose in both beds and an occasional hand soak just so I
can do something while observing otherwise I'd be down on all four pulling
something out and breaking buds off.

     Yay for PEACOCKS DANCE at least it grows nicely here. I'm not familiar
with the rest. Keep the ones you enjoy and recycle the rest at club sales or
friends who wish to learn about the group of iris. or compost.

     Shirly- please no kudzu, that stuff grows across roads overnight!
     Amy- our hearts go out to you , it is frightening to try to out guess
where the winds may blow. Each section of the world has it's woes and
blessings.
     Bill- thank you for your valuable information. We need an informed mind
on this list, 
     Rick-find some virginica or La. to grow in your area. Perhaps if you
insist on the bearded type a tray of ice cubes per plant per day during the
winter would work, at least you would know your plant personally! Take it
easy with the phosphates. The residue goes into the water shed and
contaminates water from human use.
     Audry- please don't use all capitols when sending notes. That is
yelling. I enjoy your thoughts, keep writing. 
     
     While stationed in S Korea we had a psuedocorus growing by the side of
our little house. I never watered it, but it thrived. Of course the summer
monsoon gave it all the summer water it could want.  I brought back a few
seeds, in hopes it was a differant clone. No , Samo-samo. I was not really
sure where to look for the other native  iris there at the time, but we saw
hills full of rhodies, empress trees (lovely Lav. bloom) many lillies and
many of the same weeds we saw in Alabama, Geogia, Mass., New Jersey, Idaho
(where I grew up) and western Washington.  

     Anyone know of a resource for I. italica? 

      My I. versicolor are really bloomin up a storm, the sibs are coming
right along and the JI are budding up nicely.I.delivii is suffering with less
water than where I grew it formerly, but it was sunburned after just one
day,an indication it was not happy.

Enough for now, from Rita B in University Place, Wa , Sunset #7, where it is
staying light until at least 9:30 p.m.now, and light again about 5 am.

King County Iris Society is putting on thier Late Show at the Pavillion Mall
this Sat. and Sun. Bring entries or just come look and support!
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