Fw: Pacific North West (Native) Irises
- Subject: [sibrob] Fw: Pacific North West (Native) Irises
- From: &* R* <p*@hillkeep.ca>
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:32:15 -0700
I am forwarding an excerpt from an email I sent to a private correspondent
because others may be able to use this information.
Paige Woodward
paige@hillkeep.ca
www.hillkeep.ca
[...]
> I do have all the other species you list, but except for those on the
> website, not in quantities sufficient to sell.
>
> Collectors often try to prise special things out of our clutches. It's
> natural. But we have learned that we are modestly better able than most
> growers to make these Iris survive outside their native territory. My goal
> is to multiply them, therefore, before sending them off to duke it out
with
> conditions they aren't adapted to.
>
> Beyond question, the most difficult plant to keep here [in southwestern
British Columbia, where it rains stupendously except in July and August] is
Iris
munzii.
>
> If you are serious about growing western Iris species, may I suggest that
> you join the SPCNI http://www.pacificcoastiris.org/
>
> I just went there to confirm the link and see that is has been much
expanded
> and updated. Good.
>
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