Re: HYB:East of the Cascades

Walter

For the education of us non Americans, Which state is MS. I can figure a lot
of state abbreviations out, but some flumox me.
I find Baboon Bottom to be a good grower and bloomer (likewise Tiger Honey)
in our hot dry climate.
Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills
South Australia
zone 8/9
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From: wmoores <wmoores@watervalley.net>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 6:08 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] HYB:East of the Cascades


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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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