Re: OT-BIO
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-BIO
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 06:34:32 EDT
From: Mike00Rita@aol.com
Welcome to the iris-talk group. Hope you will enjoy the variety in this type
of conversation. I must admit the weather takes up quite a bit of our "talk"
but as we and our plants are so affected by the beast it is natural.
My husband was in the Air Force in Springfield, Mass. 30 years ago and we did
a lot of driving through Conn. enroute to New Jersey. I still miss seeing the
wonderful autumns of the northeastern US. Have the rains and wind taken the
leaves away for another season by now?
I too am an 11 year veteran of the Master Gardener program. Most of my hours
are made up by speaking to garden clubs (mostly about iris) and the garden
shows and the fairs. I always learn more in preparation than can give.
Where I live in Western Washington State, the winters and summers are
considered mild. That is mostly correct. As such there are many varieties of
iris which can be grown well. I haven't had bloom on my SPU or LA yet, but
just about everything else does well. PCN, JI, SIB, AB, TB, MTB, IB, BB, MDB,
SDB, and a few species. I'll try just about any plant I can get my hands on,
and sometimes more than once just in case that baby was just not a healthy
specimen.
Rita B.
University Place, WA
zone 7/8 F 48 with a windy, rainy, fall weather front making it's way into
the mountains to drop the first substantial snow fall we are told.(El Nenio
on the rebound).
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