I think ho hum would never be accurate or adequate when an iris looks this good. From someone who likes lots and lots of variety among the iris in both form and color. Good, healthy growth is always welcome. This one looks really nice.
Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA
--- In iris-photos@yahoogroups.com, Linda Mann <lmann@...> wrote:
>
> This probably just looks like another ho hum yellow iris, but for me,
> this is where I've been trying to go with the breeding program. No
> rebloom (so far), but super healthy here in the vale, and my idea of
> beautiful form & bloom size. Those of you who've been seeing my
> seedlings from here in the vale for the last 10 yrs as I've crawled
> towards the goal can probably appreciate how much I like this one.
> Stalk shot later.
>
> (IC10 cream: (IMM x CSONG) x TREASURED) X (IMKC yellow amoena, sort of:
> (IMM x KIWI CHEESECAKE).
>
> Apologies to those of you who try to keep track of seedlings by ID - I
> keep changing mine. If I used numbers, I would never keep any of
> straight. So I keep minimizing the letters each generation, using
> garden names when it gets too complicated.
>
> Linda Mann
> east TN USA zone 7
>