Hello Fred, I was at a garden center Armstrong’s which is a large southern Califotnia chain and Mission Hills Garden center a San Diego staple of high quality garden stock. Both were selling tall bearded iris. So I don’t think it’s a question of timing. I’d all would consider their local conditions before ordering. You and Dennis both bring up great points. 1. How do we handle generous offers of larger bulbs/plants we’d like to share with our PBS team as we know they will go to great homes. 2. Do we have a policy to Dennis’ point about sanitary conditions of the seeds/bulbs we send to Luminita. Let me begin the discussion with common sense isn’t so common and to assume something this important “well understood” I’ll jump under the bus and say I’d like to understand with the level of knowledge here...what are our best practices for sanitary mitigation when shipping. Seeds, bulbs and live plants. Again it’s Sprihg and as we rev up BX/SX on both sides of the pond. It would be great to review best practices for shipping to Luminita and in general to each other. I think it’s a great late March topic for all of us? Thanks, Mike San Diego On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 12:19 PM Fred Biasella via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hello Folks, > > Yesterday I divided a 30 year old clump of Iris germanica (a pass along > hybrid in my neighborhood) and after replanting, I have a bucket full of > them. These are very beautiful light purple, tall and fragrant and I'm > wondering if I should send them to Luminita and if anyone would like some. > > Warm Regards and Thanks, > Fred > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>