Re: HYB: evaluating seedlings
- Subject: Re: HYB: evaluating seedlings
- From: r*
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 00:52:28 -0000
I think we all ought to give Linda a pep talk about sending her
seedling to Fresno. This one sounds like a tough one I bet it would
love Fresno's weather!
Best of Luck
Robin Shadlow
zone 4b/5 (hey what happened to spring? lows are much to close to
the 30's for comfort)
--- In iris-talk@y..., Linda Mann <lmann@v...> wrote:
> Well, who'd a thought I'd be asking this kind of question so
soon...
>
> My rebloomer bitone lavender & white seedling has a bloom open
today &
> the clump is loaded with more stalks to come. This first stalk is
a bit
> stunted, but the bloom is normal & the later stalks look like they
will
> be normal height. So, I think I will want to introduce this one.
This
> is its 4th year here, no bloom the first spring (plant too small),
bloom
> the 2nd year, damaged bloom the 3rd year (not protected from late
> freezes), bloom this year with protection from one 25o freeze
night but
> not the preceeding night which was a bit warmer. It is growing in
an
> area of my garden that is more soil than gravel, so hasn't
received the
> full scale torture treatment of the gravel rows.
>
> Jim Ennenga, our AIS affiliate club president & previous RVP for
> whatever region Nebraska (?) is in saw it in bloom 2 yrs ago &
said if
> it turned out to be a rebloomer I should definitely introduce it.
>
> What next? Where is the next national convention & when/how does
one
> send seedlings? How many rhizomes should I try to have before
> introducing it? Do most small time hybridizers sell their new
> introductions through ads in the AIS Bulletin?
>
> Or do I want to wait until I come up with something that is closer
to
> perfection for a first introduction?
>
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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