Re: Re: Cult: Kathleen Kaye Nelson
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: Cult: Kathleen Kaye Nelson
- From: s*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 06:46:59 EST
In a message dated 10/29/2000 6:19:20 PM Central Standard Time,
storylade@aol.com writes:
> <<Strange how an iris can be loved, touted, and
> used for breeding on the West coast and struggles to survive in other
> areas. >>
>
> I'll take this one step further. I bought this from Ben and stuck it in
> the garden along with the dozens of irises I bought at approximately the
> same time. It promptly died. Rotted. Nothing else did. I got in touch
> with Ben who had Sid send me a replacement (same season). All Sid had left
> was some rather small pieces they had saved to replant, but he sent one.
> It lived the first season and made a couple of increases, but never looked
> good and didn't bloom. Then it died. With about about 200 survivors
> from the same time period, I considered this bad news and didn't order
> again. I'd almost forgotten about it.
Betty / Bowling Green KY USA Zone 6
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