Yes, sorry, always better with the attachment!
By the way, the dates for Derive's rebloom i just gave were last year's,
this year it bloomed earlier, 24th July!
----- Original Message -----
From: "loic tasquier" <tasquierloic@cs.com>
To: <i*@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 9:33 AM
Subject: [iris] REB Derive 1991 Anfosso
> "Loic, if you are serious about wanting seeds, I will be happy to attempt
> a cross for you next spring, if they cooperate!"
>
> Thanks a lot Linda, but it won't be necessary!
> It was just to beat time, if it had been possible on your side of the
> ocean...
>
> I might still cross them next year, but like you said, i'd rather use at
> least one ever-bloomer in the cross.
>
>
> There aren't many.
>
> With a spot, there is Hot and It's father Frankincence, and also it's
> greand
> father Ditto, but they all bloom very late, and most of the time are hit
> by
> the frost.
> Don't know about Hot's grand mother Small Flash though, maybe it's early?
> But Small Flash children like Flower Child and Frankincence bloom late.
> Among Small Flash children, there is also Nava, from Bianco, and Charabia,
> from Ransom, that bloom earlier.
> I've used Charabia a lot last year so i'll see pretty soon what it gives.
>
> The only one with a spot that blooms early, from the beginning of August
> till the end of september is
>
> DERIVE
> (Pierre Anfosso, R. 1991), Sdlg. P 84 A. SDB, 10" (25 cm), E
> "S. warm white washed mauve in heart; F. tan brown, edged warm white;
> beards
> mauve blue.
>
> (Petite Fugue x Pulcinella) X Capricornia.
>
> Iris en Provence 1991 "
>
>
>
>
>
> It is pod AND pol fertile, and daubing seems to take, both ways, almost
> each
> time!
>
> I've crossed i last year with Pele and Tweety Bird, maybe second
> generation
> crosses will give a rebloomer.
>
> This year, i've finally crossed it with rebloomers.
>
>
>
> I will send in another mail the pictures of an IB i got from a cross i
> made
> 2 years ago with Derive X Invitation, nor very pretty, but an excellent
> grower, and, most of it, reblooms mid september, and is still in bloom.
>
>
>
> If you want, i can send you a piece of Derive, next year, so you can try
> it
> in your hot country !
>
>
>
> Loic
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@lock-net.com>
> To: <i*@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 8:43 PM
> Subject: [iris] Re: REB: good ol HoM & SDBs
>
>
>> Sorry, Loic, Betty. Average first frost date here is mid October,
>> sometimes have really hard (killing) freezes by late October, so no time
>> for a pod to mature.
>>
>> Plus buds on HoM aren't showing color yet, so it will be a race to see it
>> open before some cold.
>>
>> Oog - I do make retro crosses, but not <this> retro - '79 X '84, both
>> yellow and neither an everbloomer...
>>
>> Loic, if you are serious about wanting seeds, I will be happy to attempt
>> a
>> cross for you next spring, if they cooperate!
>>
>> Seems odd that there are no IB's from HoM in the online registry. A nice
>> mix might be with an everblooming SDB. Unfortunately, most of the SDBs
>> don't do well here (too hot and erratic rain), so I don't grow many.
>>
>> However BABY BLESSED seems to be thriving with that thick mulch .....
>> hmm,
>> maybe I could try a few again.
>>
>> FOREVER BLUE is the only everblooming SDB I've heard a lot about. Are
>> there any other SDBs more or less for our climate, preferably with spot
>> pattern, that are everbloomers?
>> --
>> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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