Re: HYB: TB: First seedling

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From: FRANCELLE EDWARDS

To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 11:43 PM

Subject: [iris-photos] HYB: TB: First seedling

Here is the first seedling to bloom from those planted in 2004.  The parents are Lady Friend X Bubbling Along. 

 

Someone had the idea that I speed up germination and bloom by planting directly into the ground.  I don’t.  I make the crosses in April, harvest seeds in late June – early July, dry them until August, soak them for ten days, chill them for three or 3 ½ months and plant them in late November when the ground has become cool.  They come up in early Jan. of the next year and it takes them 14-15 months to grow and mature to bloom size.  There is no way that I could get them to bloom in less than two years after their pollenization.

 

Francelle Edwards  Glendale, AZ  Zone 9

 

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