{Disarmed} Re: new topic - SI popularity

Bob
 
You are not alone in your situation, although our problem is more one of drought. While here in South Australia we have had a number of good seasons, the east coast of Australia, has had a number of very dry seasons and this coupled with the extreme population growth in these areas has really stretched the water resources. For many cities in Australia the ground water is fairly unusable because of high salts, so water is maintained in river reservoirs (dams) but if usage exceeds rainfall in the catchment area then it's a big problem. There is one area north of Canberra (capital) where the town of Goulbourn has a  reservoir that is officially empty. And  in a major city in Queensland, called Toowoomba, which has always been called the "garden city", they have banned all garden watering.
 
Spurias  will do well, but they don't like to dry out during their growing season, but once they have finished flowering they are OK to dry out and go dormant.
 
Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills
South Australia
 
 
 
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Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 5:01 AM
Subject: RE: [sibrob] new topic - SI popularity

I'm not sure how to make Sibbies more popular... if my growing situation is
at all common. I have been quite an enthusiast, with many clones in my
garden, and the well-established ones do fine even now. Eveybody knows the
siberians like water, especially while young. But over the past decade we
have had less and less water and higher and higher water bills here in north
Idaho (in the panhandle 'Palouse' region, right on the Washington border,
zone 5, about 90 miles south-southeast of Spokane). Residents are no longer
allowed to water during the day. Our aquifer has been dropping 17 inches per
year quite consistently for several decades. I planted xerophytes and native
plants in spots, in response to a city sponsored public education campaign.
The xerophytes have gradually perished (first to go were the Echinaceas).
So... I am pretty much going for spurias, which can do with a minimum of
water after the bloom season.

So... I guess I've just made a plug to make SPUs more popular. ;-)

Don't tell the real estate developers here about this. They keep building
new homes for all the Californians moving up here to get the fresh air. But
the forecast is that in 30 years we may be a ghost town.

Bob Dickow

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From: sibrob@yahoogroups.com [mailto:sibrob@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
wmcdougherty@cs.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 10:55 AM
To: sibrob@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sibrob] new topic - SI popularity

Hello everyone!

I am going to throw out a general topic to get activity.
How do we make sibs more popular?
>From my view point it is about availability. I run into a number of people
who see new hybrids and want them and have no source, specifically non-mail
order source for them.

Bill

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