Re: ROT, Neglect & TBs

I cannot refrain from putting in my opinion  about rot. 
Many TB introductions are quite unsuited to most gardens in the East. This
judgment is based on over forty  years of experience, which began in Ontario,
Canada. The plants which have too much I. mesopotamica  in their make-up
cannot livein summers that are hot and wet. Southern blight, erwinia, is one
pathogen that knocks them for a loop , -e.g. Atlanta Convention,  and it
thrives in hot, wet weather.   These  introductions  have NOT BEEN TESTED  in
 hot-wet  summers, and the hybridizer  thus cannot warn us.   I still buy new
 iris each year,  and I have adopted Sterling's  attitude.  But I  have
become much more adept at predicting which introductions will not succeed
here, by checking their parentages!!!  LLOYDZ 88 KEYS.
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