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12I would like to thank everyone who came andvisited us in Alachua, as well as my family—who wasalways there for me. I wish everyone a great springblooming season.If you have any questions, please feel free tocontact me at (352) 795-4044, or you can email methrough my web site at seabrooknursery.comSHERRY SEABROOK recently sufferedthe pangs of relocating a garden andhaving to weed her collection. Sherryastonished attendees at the 2000 SLIconvention in Little Rock by enteringirises she has transported aboard herflight from Florida. And, then sheproceeded to win ribbons and onemajor award! Her email isjseabro2@earthlink.netSpring 2006The glorious nature of author’s former garden madeit difficult to leave behind.©Sherry Seabrook©Sherry SeabrookThe author’s new garden sits on a canal, creating anidyllic setting to admire the Louisiana irises.Who Loves Louisiana Irises? Owls and Frogs Do!Birds and Amphibians Agree That LA Irises Are Great©Joe Musacchia©Steve SheperdSLI Member Steve Shepard photographed this owl perchingover the Louisiana iris ‘Ruth Holleyman’ (G. Holleyman,54) in his Mississippi garden. The owl has been visitingthe garden for a number of years.SLI Board Director Joe Musacchia submitted this photographof a frog taking refuge in this Louisiana irisplanted in Joe’s Louisiana garden.Fleur de Lis: The Journal of the Society for Louisiana Irises
Spring 2006A Return to Lafayette13©Harry WolfordVisitors to Col. Murray Landry’s garden during the recent convention in Lafayette, La. and vicinity were treatedto a prized collection of Heather Pryor’s hybrids. The bright red in front is Heather’s 1994 registration, ‘JazzHot.’ The summer issue of Fleur de Lis will provide extensive coverage on the Society for Louisiana Irises April2006 convention, including many photographs from the talented Harry Wolford of Florida.‘Edna Claunch’:Early Bloomer©John Helmkamp©Harry Wolford©Harry WolfordSLI Vice-President Harry Wolford, of Palm Bay, Florida, submittedthis photo of his cultivar ‘Edna Claunch’ (R 04). He notesthat this 4-year old clump consistenly produces stalks withtwo branches and two spurs, usually with seven bud placements.‘Edna Claunch,’ the flower, is usually the first iris tobloom in his yard. Edna Claunch, for whom the iris is named,is the driving force behind the Iris Friendship Garden in Rochester,New York, and its sister garden in Hamamatsu, Japan.Fleur de Lis: The Journal of the Society for Louisiana Irises
Page 1 and 2: SPRING 2006 NUMBER 203ON THE COVERS
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