Thanks everyone for the feedback. I agree with all the comments. Have provided rhizomes to neighbors, and one hasn't said a word after I dropped off rhizomes a year and a half ago, so I think you are right Tom; people need motivation sometimes or the free rhizomes might just wind up in the compost bin. Learned another embarrassing lesson after I gave rhizomes to the receptionist at the doctor's office. When I returned three months later, the receptionist said she was planning on planting the rhizomes soon, she kept them in a cool, dark, dry spot. I think I turned flush as I hadn't made it clear that they should have been planted ASAP. And some of the rhizomes I had given her were as good as the hybridizers from Oregon. But alas, I have extra potted rhizomes that I will take to her in January. And Barbara, thanks about the pic of Madteo. He passed away Thanksgiving morning two years ago. I had one of my PCI seedlings survive this year, and if it grows up and produces nice blooms I plan on registering it with a name such as Madteo's Memory as a memorial to our first Tibetan Terrier. His color was blue, and the PCI seedling should have a nice blue signal with blue lines extending in the falls. I feel lucky that this seedling survived as I had a major die off of PCI's this summer.
