Reblooming Blatant Iris
Who knew? Iowa has one of the best continuing education program around–Perennial Saturday–and it’s even open to the general public, not just the profession.
Dana, one of our designers, clears his calendar every year to attend this one-day intense workshop in early November–it’s that good. The program crams as much pertinent information in as possible with truly captivating speakers AND gives you a decent lunch!
This year’s Perennial Saturday highlights for Dana were the following:
- Kelly Norris’s presentation (Rainbow Iris Farm)–irises are such a valuable landscape plant because of their toughness and adaptability; now they are working on bringing more re-blooming irises to market–can’t wait!
- getting a signed copy of Adrian Bloom’s “Gardening with Conifers” book after Gary Wittenbaugh’s “Crazy About Conifer’s” talk; did you know the Compact Alpine Fir has incredible blue needles like a Colorado Spruce but stays small and doesn’t have needle disease problems? Might look nice in your yard.
Compact Alpine Fir
