The middle one in the bottom row is the
one that I picked as my favorite, Donald. I’m glad it’s a good grower.
Francelle Edwards Glendale, AZ
Zone 9
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From: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
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Behalf Of Donald Eaves
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 9:24
AM
To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iris-photos] ROSEMOHR's
growing family
I was browsing some iris site and saw where Ben Hager
said "cross beautiful
with beautiful" and someone else said cross
"what you like with something
else you like" (both paraphrased from memory
and I can't remember what
webpage). This has been the most fun to grow
of my crosses. Not the best
end results, but the most interesting. I
guess I didn't follow the sound
advice above either. I don't much care for
ROSEMOHR. ESTHER, THE QUEEN is
nice, but old R shows her age and, for all that I
like a great many old
historics, R just doesn't do much for
me. I do find her ancestry
interesting so I followed through with the
cross. There really is a lot to
be said for the resulting seedlings, though.
They are more appealing than
Mom - to a one. They have all had two
branches and up to seven buds except
for the fleshy pinkish one, and that's not bad for
an arilbred. They
produce pollen. I have seedlings up this
year from pollen on the middle top
row with FRIENDSHIP. I had a pod with seeds
from the same one but no
germination. I have a pod on the bottom row
right (hopefully won't be a
balloon). The best plant overall so far is
the middle bottom. No snaking
and the tightest bloom of the bunch. Just
looked good growing. Time will
tell if they will lead to anything, but the
branching is worth working with
to find out. All in all, just a lot of
fun. The family should continue to
grow for a while. There are still siblings
that haven't bloomed. Tough
conditions and some neglect while they were little
tykes probably has
delayed seeing more.
Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA
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