Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] New Member Bio Robert Benbow

Robert Benbow wrote:
Good Morning,

My name is Bob Benbow and I live in Camdenton Missouri near Lake Ozark.
A compulsive gardener growing a little of most every thing. About ten
years ago I started collecting and hybridizing daylilies I now have
over 400 varieties and raise about 3,000 seedlings a year and have
resistered two. I have always grown iris and have about 100 TB but have
become fascinated with SA I especialy like the large flounces. So being
a member of the daylily e-mail Robin I started surfing the net and
found AIS and that talk robin which lead to the SA Robin. I am a rank
amateur at iris and have a lot to learn. I will be mostly a lurker but
will chime in when I have some thing to ask or add.

Thank You


Welcome Bob,

This is a group of unranked amateurs. This group is hosted by Chris, a  Canadian who tries to grow SpaceAgers in the snow. He also does a superb job of keeping spam out of the group!

Members are from all USDA heat zones in the US plus world wide from Moscow to Australia and points in between such as UK and France.

We do have a few Pro-Ams like Mike Sutton and Neil whom you have seen in the other groups. Neil serves as monitor for SAGE, a group project for exploring SA genetics.

You certainly have the right skills from your daylillies. The good news about Iris is that seed pods can have 30-50 seeds. The bad news is that the botanical history of TB's includes over a dozen different species so breeding can be a bit complicated!

I would recommend that you take pen and paper for notes and questions and go to WWW.hort.net ,Mailing Lists , SpaceAgeRobin.

" Always put a pretty one with a pretty one"

--Multiple Dykes winner Ben Hager and partner of 60 years, Sid Dubose

" just put one you like with another one you like"

-- Dykes medal winner Larry Lauer


Michael Michaeli, Stockton Ca. Doin' worthwhile stuff like picking cherries and 'cots :-)


P.S. Does anyone know the status of Adamgrove in the city of California Mo.? Mo. grown spaceagers from Monty Byers would be a very good source for Bob.

MM

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