Showing posts with label PCI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PCI. Show all posts
Monday, June 10, 2024

Tougher PCI Emerging On The East Coast

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Kathleen Sayce, May 2024 This spring I heard from two gardeners on the East Coast. Each is successfully growing Pacifica iris in very differ...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Salt-tolerant Pacific Iris, or Choosing Voles & Birds Over Cats

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by Kathleen Sayce Mowing the upper edge of the marsh along the Washington State U.S. coast on Memorial Weekend, I found a flowering iris gro...
Monday, February 27, 2023

What was your first flower?

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Kathleen Sayce There’s a theory that people who like plants and garden throughout their lives express that fascination at a very young age. ...
Monday, February 21, 2022

Update: Iris douglasiana at Atlanta Botanical Garden

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by Kathleen Sayce Iris douglasiana seedling at Atlanta Botanical Garden In January 2022, Raleigh Wasser, Horticulture Manager, Atlanta Bota...
Monday, June 21, 2021

Willapa Refuge’s Wild Lawn: First Spring

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Kathleen Sayce, June 18, 2021 A seedling PCI shows its complex parentage It’s been eight months since the wild lawn was planted at the new o...
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Monday, December 28, 2020

Wild Pacifica Irises in Northern California

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By Kathleen Sayce, with  Photos by Tom Lofken Tom lives in northern California, and took the photos for this essay over several years.   Iri...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

The Next Generation: Starting PCI Seeds

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Kathleen Sayce, August 2018 With fall approaching, Iris seeds are ripening in the Northern Hemisphere, and seed exchanges   are ge...
Monday, June 25, 2018

Finding the Goldilocks Zone for Pacifica Iris

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June 19, 2018 Kathleen Sayce Pacifica Iris are like Goldilocks when it comes to growing conditions:   Not too wet, not too dry, ...