I. typhifolia x Dreaming Yellow
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- Subject: I. typhifolia x Dreaming Yellow
- From: B* S* <B*@hsc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 10:34:33 -0600 (MDT)
A seedling from the above cross bloomed yesterday. The seed came from
SIGNA. This is significant (no pun intended) because it shows that
typhifolia crosses easily with the 28-chromosome siberians. The seedlings
are real hybrids--they have typhifolia foliage and are blooming long before
even the early siberian garden hybrids are showing buds. The flowers,
however, are not like typhifolia but instead are like small, well-formed,
flaring garden hybrids--in white with a lot of yellow in the throat.
The most interesting thing about this particular one (the only one I have,
though some new seed was offered by SIGNA this year and I have seedlings
coming up) is that as I studied the flowers, I noticed new bud stalks
coming up in the clump, in fact a total of 7 from a second year clump. Of
course this will have to be evaluated over the years, but could speak to
floriferousness and sequential bloom as a consequence of adding in the
typhifolia genes.
The plant in general is small (blooming at about 16") and very graceful in
its proportions, a good candidate for smaller gardens. The only fault
perceived so far is the rather flimsy substance of the flowers.
I'm really excited about this plant and will be saving pollen to try on
some later-blooming siberian cultivars.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
