Hi, Jim. What species of Iris? Tenax, perhaps, or douglasiana? If you sent pictures, I can’t view them (boring, sorry). Paige > On Jun 21, 2023, at 12:44 PM, Jim Benson via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > From Brookings OR We have had a fine year of Coastal Iris blooming > yellow, blue and violet along drive way under birch trees and mail > boxes. Better this year than last as had more spring rain. > > -----------------------------------------From: "Paige Woodward via > pbs" > > To: "Pacific Bulb Society PBS" > Cc: "Paige Woodward" > Sent: Tuesday June 20 2023 9:16:04PM > Subject: [pbs] Lilies in the W US this year > > How are the wild lilies of the western US faring this year? Anyone > been out hiking? Anyone have sources of information to suggest? > > Over on the Lilium list, friends reported that on brief forays in N > California and S Oregon in the past couple of years, lilies were gone > or far between at familiar sites, the terrain often clearcut (possibly > for firebreaks) or otherwise devastated. > > Wild lilies bloom around now, if they’re going to. Several times > during the past couple of decades there’ve been Lily Chases, in > which small groups of worshipers visited wild lilies and photographed > them, travelling in convoy through California, Oregon and Washington > State. The sites were scouted in advance because every year is > different. > > The past couple of years have been very different indeed, however. > There won’t be a formal Lily Chase this summer. I wonder if > there’ll ever be again. > > Paige Woodward > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > /> Unsubscribe: > PBS Forum > https://… > /> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum https://… _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…