Re: SIGNA donations

 

Hi Dennis,

Sorry to hear about hear about your bad luck with bearded iris seeds this year. I managed a number of successful crosses between several Iris lutescens collections out of France, and obtained seeds from a couple other "regular" bearded iris species.

The last pod on my Iris domestica is spitting open. I have a few more pods on Iris dichotoma that are nearly ripe. As usual, pods on Iris giganticaerulea and Iris tridentata are taking their time ripening.

Ken

On 9/17/2020 1:02 PM, dkramb d*@badbear.com [iris-species] wrote:
 

I'm sending my SIGNA seed donations in tomorrow.  I had a horrible
season for my bearded irises.  I think there was 3 or 4 separate hard
freezes throughout April and into late May, all spaced about 2 weeks
apart, and it just ruined them.   I got ZERO pods on my beardeds this
year.  I think that's a first.  However, my later blooming non-bearded
irises had a fabulous seed-setting season.  I had to wait for Iris
domestica and some tetra versatas to finish ripening, but now they're
harvested & ready to go.

Dennis in Cincinnati, Ohio


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