El, In my Zone 6 garden, I can usually get a good percent of 2nd year bloom on seedlings I plant before July 1. If I plant on/after Sept 1, I get no 2nd year bloom.
Griff, do you have similar results?
<<lots of flowering on 2d year plants>>
Betty Wilkerson
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From: J. Griffin Crump <jgcrump@cox.
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To: iris-photos@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, May 10, 2010 9:53 am
Subject: Re: [iris-photos] HYB: sdlg 083E22
Thanks, El -- No, the seeds are simply planted in pots outdoors in October. In my climate, from seed to flower in 3 years is average. In a good year, I get lots of flowering on 2d year plants. Last year was a good year. This year is average. -- Griff
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From: e*@mts.net
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:06 AM
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Very nice, Griff. Did you do something special to get from seed to flower in 3 yrs?
El, near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Z3
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Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 1:59 PM
Subject: [iris-photos] HYB: sdlg 083E22
At the Oklahoma City convention in 2007, I pointed out my Lavender Interlude to Fred Kerr and asked his advice about what to do with it, since it was, in my opinion, a good iris, but the flower form was, by then, dated. His answer: "What are your goals?" After thinking about it, I decided that it needed a really strong dose of ruffles, so I crossed it with Keith Keppel's Sea Power. Here are Lavender Interlude and two photos of a resulting seedling, 08322. The second shot of 08322 is to better show the silver/cream flush in the standards that matches the edge of the falls. -- Griff
