Re: Re: AIS: AIS/TBIS:preview of gardens

>I do not believe that the AIS or most of its' members necessarily
>regard classes of iris other than TB as "underlings'.

I'll believe that when the AIS starts promoting the other classes and 
types as vigorously as it does TBs.

>  I think the real
>driving force that makes the tall bearded more popular is "growability".

TBs may well be the most widely "growable" class and type of irises 
(though I suspect there are certain species that are currently even more 
growable across an even wider geographic range, ex. pseudacorus), but I 
believe the popularity of TBs is largely the result of the AIS's 
promotional efforts.

>Many folks in the southwest and southeast cannot grow siberian or
>japanese, or are very limited to the ones they can grow. Most gardeners
>do not have space to grow those traveling Louisianas in quantity. Warm
>climate growers have problems with mdb and sdb, of which many need cold
>to set bloom. Arils/arilbreds can be tricky in wet and humid areas. Pacific
>Coast natives are resistant to transplant and really only thrive out west.

I contend that if the AIS were to promote the above classes and types as 
vigorously as they have TBs, consumer interest would rise, more 
hybridizers would work on these other irises, and improvements in 
growability would result just as they have in TBs.

Laurie


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http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/shadowood/irisintro.html
USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
acidic clay soil

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