HYB:East of the Cascades
- Subject: HYB:East of the Cascades
- From: "wmoores" w*@watervalley.net
- Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 15:08:49 -0500
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> Who mentioned east of the Rockies as the high temperature area? In my
> case it would be east of the Cascade range. Richardson, Brad and
> Kathy Kasperek and M. Roberts hybrids perform beautifully here.
>
> Patti
> USDA Zone 5 Arid central WA state
>
Washington State has produced quite a few great iris hybridizers. Success with
their products varies in my garden.. Most of Gordon Plough's things rarely bloomed
here and withered away with time. I can count on Marky Smith's medians to do
fairly well, but her TB introductions have been slow growers and shy on blooms.
Everything I grow from Gerald Richardson and Merle Roberts is fantastic. They are
tough plants and grow and bloom with no problems at all. Terry Aitken's irises have
been a mixed bag. His earlier, dark violet introductions were great growers and
bloomers, but the newer introductions just don't like my garden.
Opal Brown used to live in Washington but moved across the river into Oregon at
Milton-Freewater. Very few of her irises ever did well for me in TX and in two
areas of MS. I just ordered SANTAFAIR from Schreiners because they say
it is a wonderful grower. We'll see. I have read that she didn't hybridize until
very late in the season after she returned home from conventions and regionals.
Late things have little chance in our heat.
On down the way into Utah, Melba Hamblen's irises were just like Opal's.
Brad's TIGER HONEY is the only one I grow of his that is carefree and free-
flowering. I have added BLUEBERRY FILLY and MILLENNIUM FALCON this
summer. BABOON BOTTOM has been in the garden for maybe seven years now.
It has been planted in three places, and I have never had it bloom.
These failures in my garden are not the fault of the hybridizer or his climate.
I think it's in the genes or my climate. Certain lines just hate the hot, humid South.
The reverse is also true. Some of my introductions cannot stand the chill in the
north.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8 (RIDE THE WIND seedlings showed PBF when they
reached three inches in height).
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