RE: TB or Med: question regaurding green colored iris

The color sounds very intriguing.  I shall be watching for it. Hopefully soon
you will be able to introduce one. :)
At this point, I know that I could not be discriminating enough to set a goal
such as that, let alone work on it for 15 years.  However; considering this is
my first year back to being able to even have a garden in which to plant iris,
I am just glad to be back.  It will be a long time before I learn enough to
hybridize, if ever.  That is why I am here.... to learn.


> To: iris@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [iris] TB or Med: question regaurding green colored iris
> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 22:16:59 -0400
> From: irischapman@aim.com
>
> There is one more type of green, found only in SDB. This is the green
> amoena with a red beard. the falls are a sherbert lime green.Very
> striking. I have been working on this for about 15 years, off and on.
> I just can not get a good form on the flowers. I had one a few years
> ago that was almost good enough, but backed off introducing it. When
> form is decent colour is weak, when colour is good, form is weak or
> beard ends up being yellow. Hopefully I will have a new batch of this
> colour bloom next year. Perhaps this batch will have one with a good
> form and colour. I crossed my almost introduced seedling to a number
> of seedlings carrying this colour, so here is hoping.
>
>
> By the way, today I had my second SDB bloom without going though a cold
> period (known as vernalization). Grown under lights during winter and
> planted out this spring. Never has even seen a frost.
>
> Chuck Chapman

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