Re: [AISdiscuss] Regional Iris reccommendations

[Robt R Pries <rpries@sbcglobal.net>]

I would appreciate a copy of the symposium by region,
but I think it does not address the real question that
was presented to me. I believe they were looking for
the widest diversity of Iris, selecting the best
cultivars in each group fot the area. The symposium
ballot is a popularity poll and usually is heavy on
TBs. While perhaps a list of ten TBs might be
appropriate this list should be a list encompassing as
much breadth as possible in Iris used in many ways in
the garden. Therefore Siberians, Spurias, species,
MTBs etc. should be represented as appropriate for the
region.  Most symposia only reflect TBs and that is a
pretty narrow niche for the serious gardener. Are the
symposia of each of the sections broken into regional
reports?

--- Terry Aitken <terry@flowerfantasy.net> wrote:

> Hi
> I think the symposium ballot does that by region and
> that is it's intent.
> Terry
> 
> Robt R Pries wrote:
> 
> >Dear Science Committee and others.
> >
> >Tonight I received a call from the Missouri
> Botanical
> >Gardens asking if I could provide a list of Irises
> >that perform well in the St Louis area. Although it
> is
> >not hard to create such a list, it does take some
> >thought and time. I believe their intent is to have
> a
> >list showing the greatest diversity and proven
> >cultivars. I see this as an opportunity for them to
> be
> >recommending various types of Iris expanding the
> use
> >of plants within this area. They expected that we
> may
> >already have a website that would provide this type
> of
> >regional information and suggested they link to
> this.
> >
> >Of course we do not have such a website but it
> seems
> >that it might be advisable that we did. I can
> remember
> >recently receiving such a request from the Chicago
> >Botanical Garden. I am therefore suggesting that we
> >might adopt a project for regional recommendations
> of
> >Irises with special notes on culture within various
> >regions that might be a part of the AIS website.
> This
> >would be a rather large project and might involve
> >regional VPs, the science committee and experienced
> >growers around the country. Perhaps we would only
> be
> >able to develop a region at a time. But it does
> seem
> >like a valuable project.  Does anyone feel it would
> be
> >wise to attempt something on this order. I will
> copy
> >the committee and the AIS electronics chairman and
> the
> >webmaster for their thoughts, and the AIS board via
> >AIS discuss. 
> >
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