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Hopefully Mother Nature has gotten rid of her angst towards us on the prairies. We’ve all
heard about the fooding in Calgary and southern Alberta! And fellow iris gardeners in
Saskatchewan from Saskatoon to Estevan have remarked on the number of roads washed
out in their province. So it isn’t just Manitoba being inundated by these storms.

I was very pleased to see on July 19th my very frst spuria hybrid blooming in the
garden. Kaibob Trail’s bloom stalk was knocked down twice in storms and I ended up
with a very elaborate support system around it to ensure I got to see this one for the frst
time. It was defnitely worth all the effort. The only other spuria I had grown previously
were unknown species from friends. I do have several spuria growing from seed started
in 2011 but they are at least a couple years away from being bloom size.

Silver Medal winner Brenda Newton with BJ Jackson

8 Canadian Iris Society Newsletter