How to grow irises in Oregon: Willamette Valley’s experts share the luck of the iris
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Dennis: A chance encounter way back in 1920 eventually led to the Willamette Valley becoming home to one of the top commercial growers in the U.S. of the plant sometimes referred to as “the poor man’s orchid.”
Some might call it a coincidence. Others synchronicity. I like to think of it instead as the luck of the iris.
Because, as a result of that chance meeting between F.X. Schreiner and John C. Wister, who had recently become president of the fledgling American Iris Society, and a subsequent move from Minnesota two decades later, Schreiner’s Iris Gardens has been thriving in Salem since 1947.
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Ask an expert: Replacing a laurel hedge? Several plants fit the bill
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The gardening season has started and if you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and Master Gardeners reply to queries within two business days, usually less. To ask a question, simply go to the and it in along with the county where you live. Here are some questions asked by other gardeners. What’s yours?
Q: I have an ancient laurel hedge that acts as a fence between my house and the neighbors. Can I plant camellias or another flowering shrub between the mature laurels and over time transition the hedge from laurel to the other shrub? What are the best shrubs to do this with? – Lane County