Re: 403-A an SDB surprise

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Do you cross it with one that does not have the branching/bud better flower color?

 

Where do you go from here?

    I always try to cross good branching with good branching.  With this, I love the flower as is, but it is true, no flower is safe in my garden unless it proves itself as a good breeding Iris.

A good branching quality is a requirement......  I always try to cross back to one of the original parents and since the seedling (Prank x ( Chanted x Fairy Lore)) was lost when I moved my garden to the south, and also since there was one last lonely little blossom left on Chanted, well, I used that.  ;)  Chanted is a fantastic parent and sends out many color combos....If you look closely at the rim of 403-A you will see a small ring of color that some of the nicer things from Chanted are beginning to carry on to some seedlings.  Just like Blyths Terse Verse which came about from a line which  includes Chanted  in its lineage. 

Paul Hill