RE: HYB: Pink Attraction X Romantic Evening seedlings

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Those are nice pictures of nice seedlings, Robin.  I love the color of No. 2 and the lined falls on No. 3.  No. 1 and 3 seem to have wide enough falls.  Pink Attraction is one of the most miserable irises I have.  It grows poorly and puts three misformed flowers on stalks twelve to fifteen inches high.  I can’t bring myself to cross it with anything.  I am usually inclined to pitch it, but I keep hoping it will do better.

 

Thanks for the pictures, and congratulations on pretty seedlings.  I didn’t use Romantic Evening this spring.  I’ve seen too many seedlings that look almost exactly like it.  Perhaps I’ll try it on one of my pink seedlings next year.

 

 

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From: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com [mailto:iris-photos@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Shadlow
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 9:43 PM
To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iris-photos] HYB: Pink Attraction X Romantic Evening seedlings

 

I thought maybe these would give a idea of what Romantic
Evening does on a rebloom parent with older form.  These
are a few, the middle one (I think that's the order they'll
be in) is typical of the average width in the
cross. 

I did bloom a lot of RE seedlings this spring for the very
reason that it is so pollen fertile.  Fancy Woman and Suky
may be almost as fertile.

Robin Shadlow

zone 5 NE

enjoying that brief few days where Omaha is a somewhat
happening place to be assuming you like baseball





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