Re: I. typhifolia x Dreaming Yellow
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- Subject: Re: I. typhifolia x Dreaming Yellow
- From: C* H* <c*@netcom.ca>
- Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 11:09:00 -0600 (MDT)
Bill Shear wrote:
> 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.
I find this very interesting Bill, I also have a clump of I.typhifolia that I
have been growing just for this purpose (crossing with Siberians). I will
likely make a number of crosses this year with it and other Siberians.
Obviously we will have to wait a couple of years for the results but what you
have sounds promising. Wondering how the foliage on your cross will be later in
the year as typhifolia usually flops all over later on in the season. Keep us
posted.
--
Christopher Hollinshead
Mississauga, Ontario Canada zone6b
AIS(Region 16), CIS, SSI
Director-Canadian Iris Society
Newsletter Editor-Canadian Iris Society
e-mail: cris@netcom.ca
CIS website: http://www.netcom.ca/~cris/CIS.html
