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Maryl said:Just an aside to those about the sale of Maryotts to Schreiners Iris. I just ordered some Iris from Schreiners the other day and asked them about the daylilies. They haven't gotten the first batch in from Maryotts yet, I'm presuming because he's still taking orders. Since I'm concerned about rust I asked them how cold they got up in Oregon (pretty much knew the answer already) and it's not cold enough usually to kill existing rust. I know the one time I talked to Bill he said his area too was not cold enough to kill rust. So, if he has rust (and I know he sprays for it), it will go along with his plants to Schreiners.
Whether they plan on spraying for it or not I don't know. Some may not care about that, but others may be interested ............Maryl

I know you've said you've had rust imported in a season, but is your location cold enough to kill rust over winter? Never? Occasionally? Most of the time? Always? Just curious. I think my conditions might be similar to yours except you are going to get colder more often and with lower low temps. I've kept watching for rust because I haven't been concerned about where the plants are grown. I'm sure in the warm months it should flourish here much of the time. So far it hasn't. I've wondered if the heat dormancy the daylilies endure here might also retard the growth of rust, but I haven't seen where that might be the case.