RE: Missing Iris

Welcome, Pat.  The Historical Iris Society maintains a list of
catalogues that stock old varieties:

http://eagle.tricities.net/~mikelowe/level2/Catalog.html

I'll let someone in your area give you advice on whether or not to plant
at this time of the year.  It is definitely past that time in are area.
We are potting the few TBs that we won at the CIS AGM last week and
sinking them into the compost bin with the fall leaves.  We'll see how
they do in the spring.

Maureen Mark
Ottawa, Canada - hard frost last night.

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Pat King [SMTP:kingp@wsu.edu]
		Sent:	Thursday, October 02, 1997 1:44 PM
		To:	Mark, Maureen; Multiple recipients of list
		Subject:	Missing Iris



		I am new to the list and have really enjoyed the tidbits
I am learning.  I
		have always loved iris, but am just beginning to learn
what to do to help
		mother nature.  I planted a few iris last fall (moving
gifts from my old
		workplace) and enjoyed the beginning of an iris garden.

		I had a disheartening experience last weekend and would
like some advice.
		I had old iris, all tall bearded, (minimum of 40 yrs.
old) in a garden that
		previously belonged to my now deceased father-in-law.
They were to be
		shared with members of the family when they could be dug
and split.  Last
		week while I was out of town a visiting member of the
family removed ALL
		the iris while I was away.

		I immediately ran to the store to see if I could locate
any healthy
		rhizomes to begin a new garden, but had no luck at all
(everything was
		dried up and ugly).  I live in central Washington state
and believe I am in
		AIS region 13.

		My questions are:

		        1.  Am I plain out of luck for next spring?  (Is
it too late to
		plant this year)?  And, where in central or western
Washington might I find
		iris at this time of year?
		        2.  Any suggestions of places I might be able to
locate some
		inexpensive decent-quality rhizomes?  I would love to
replace the "missing"
		ones with older varieties, but beggars and choosers are
two different
		things, and I don't even know varieties that would be
pre-1960.  Variety
		suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
		        3.  I will write to the catalog addresses I find
at the listserv
		homepage, but are there other places I should try to
contact?

		        4.  Please, all wish me luck in this endeavor as
I hope to create
		an iris garden (behind my no trespassing signs!) the
family would literally
		"die" for!!
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