by Gary Salathe
In the world of the Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative (LICI) the new year starts as soon as the iris bloom is finished in late April. It ends with the iris bloom the following April. We've been very busy since last April and have now wrapped up our projects as we await the iris bloom.
We made this YouTube video to show our appreciation for the help we received that allowed our "iris year" to be so productive: Click here to open video
"Thank you!" goes out to everyone that helped us achieve our goals for the year.
I recently had a chance to sit down and try to estimate how many Louisiana irises have been rescued and replanted since I started this iris odyssey. It began with the Greater New Orleans Iris Society in 2017 and then was picked up by LICI in 2020. I'm pretty sure the number is in the neighborhood of 42,000 irises.
Enjoy the video!
Info on what LICI does can be found here.
Details for most of the projects shown in the video can be found on the LICI "News" page of their website: Click here.
The LICI Facebook page can be found Here.
