Our experience with the Historical Iris Preservation Society last year as they collected varieties lost in Holland but still grown in American gardens inspired us to check our own lists of varieties we can no longer find. Sometimes a small-scale grower retires unexpectedly due to illness; sometimes varieties are lost due to unlucky weather events (last spring our New Hampshire friends had their fields flooded late into planting season, resulting in poor harvests in the fall), or there may be an issue with storage conditions over the winter. We’d like to resurrect some of these “lost treasures” and spread them to more gardens before they’re gone forever, so If you have any of these varieties to share, please let us know. We - and the dahlia lovers who have been wishing for their return - will be thrilled.
