Re: Re: Over wintering of potted Sibs
From: Maureen Mark <mmark@home.com>
Diana,
Jean-Marc Boileau orders from Jan & Marty regularly. We split the cost of phyto
with him this year. Jean-Marc just started his mail-order business (Borealirisi)
and stocks a lot of their iris if you're interested in the older stuff. I'm sure
if you wanted new intros that arrangements could be made.
I'm not Leroy but I would hesitate to buy anything this late in the season unless
it has been potted up for a few weeks already -- but then you would have trouble
getting it across the border unless it is in a soilless mix and you declare it as
a houseplant in a soilless mix.
Maureen
Ottawa, Canada
dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca wrote:
> Leroy, What do you think about trying to overwinter potted sibs starting
> in October (about the 10th)? I'm in zone 4/5. The soil is already 60oF
> which may mean they won't survive.
>
> My husband is going to be in Boston October 5th-10th and I would like to
> get a couple of sibs from Marty and Jan but won't if they won't survive
> the winter outside. The difficulty is that I don't want to pay for the
> phytosanitary certificate, Otherwise I would ask them to send something
> next spring. It is also very, very dry inside over the winter so I can't
> have them inside either. Thanks for any help.
>
> --
> Diana Louis <dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca>
> Zone 4/5 Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
> AIS, CIS, SIGNA, iris-talk, Canadian Wildflower Soc.
>
> URL for the North American Native Irises web page
> http://molly.hsc.unt.edu/~rbarton/Iris/NANI.html
>
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