Just commenting on Lunar Whitewash in general.

After trying it for a third time and was successful using antibacterial dishsoap at planting to kill soil pathogens it finally grew and bloomed. I like the actual flower the first day but after that the bugs really seemed to find it tasty and chewed them up both times it has bloomed. Plus the stalks were snakey or short... and that was Spring bloom and (that is noramlly something that can happen on Fall rebloom). I got some seeds off of it germinating now. I'll keep it for breeding but other than that I would pass on it.

--- In i*@yahoogroups.com, "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@...> wrote:
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> Mary Lou -- Iâ??m glad to hear of your seedlings. Iâ??ve had Lunar Whitewash for several years and admire it, but it usually reblooms too late to beat the freeze. This past year was one of my best rebloom years, but LW showed up too late again and was zapped. -- Griff
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> From: MryL1@...
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:28 PM
> To: iris-photos
> Subject: [iris-photos] HYB: Lunar Whitewash
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> I've never seen LW growing anywhere but here.
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> In my garden, it reblooms early enough to get the job done,
> but doesn't seem to have the vigor to develop branches with
> buds. Since it's the product of a sibling cross, I've always
> suspected some diminished vigor was a result.
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> Terrific quality bloom, especially for a not-blue Z5 RE.
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> After 10 years at it, I have several pod candidates with all the
> vigor anyone could want. There are currently about 70 seedlings
> in here with me out of LW by Coral Chalice and English Charm
> waiting for spring. Tilting at the not-blue amoena windmill.
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> They are doing fine so far. Vigor can come from either side.
> Generally, though, I get more vigor if mom is the tough one.
> Mitochondrial DNA is my guess.
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> Mary Lou, near Indianapolis
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