Re: HYB: seedling overdose
- Subject: Re: HYB: seedling overdose
- From: p*
- Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 01:37:49 -0000
Here, here, John!
I'm usually so lost in the colors of a beautiful bloom, I seldom
stand back to cooly count the buds or their position on the stalk. I
agree that those are nice to have, but...primary qualities? Not for
me.
Patricia Brooks
busy making crosses on Whidbey Island, WA
--- In iris-talk@y..., John Reeds <jreeds@m...> wrote:
> > From: FRANCELLE EDWARDS[SMTP:fjmjedwards@w...]
> > I took a class in garden judging yesterday which gave all the
qualities of
> > a good iris. It made me think a lot less of my blooming
seedlings when I
> > got home. Several have such beautiful colors that I'm keeping
them to
> > cross onto something that might retain the color while giving
better
> > branching and bud count. The trouble is I can't find anything
with
> > perfect branching and bud count this year.
> >
> Francelle: Seems to me some judges ONLY care about branching and
bud count.
> Some even "prefer" tailored form. I'm not into bunchy stalks, and
I love
> good branching, but 5-7 buds of a drop-dead gorgeous flower beats 14
> well-branched buds on a plain lightly ruffled lavender in my book.
Want 14
> buds? Grow 2 stalks of a vigorous and gorgeous one. Not all
flowers have
> everything; if so, we could stop hybridizing today.
>
> Keep going. Many excellent iris do not have great bud count. Not
often
> you'll see more than three buds open at once anyway, so for that
limited
> time your flower is prettier than theirs. Theirs just stays around
longer.
>
> John Reeds, in sunny 9b southern California where new bed #3
(oldies) just
> got planted last weekend.
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