Re: HYB: wide falls

FIVE STAR ADMIRAL (the first of its kind ?) has been out since 1974, and we are 
having difficulty compiling a list of  others that are 'double-wide.'  Is it because 
getting such width is a challenge for hybridizers, or their popularity hasn't caught on 
yet?  Is such width 'too much of a good thing?'  Do all irises have to be that wide?
Would a lacy one with such width open properly?  Are these just a passing fashion?

I'm in the middle of the road, and don't think I would want  a garden full of 
'fat irises.'  (I'd have to buy more fertilizer).  I like a variety.  On the nightly news, I 
hear the term 'morbidly obese' and wonder if tall bearded irises might be headed in 
that direction.

I still like to see the identifiable fleur de lis form in an iris.


Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8

On 2 Dec 2002 at 5:31, Sandra Barss wrote:

> World Premier is another one with wide falls.
> 
> Sandra
> SE Manitoba
> Zone 3
> 
> wmoores wrote:
> 
> >Linda, go to iris-photos, June 25, 2002 and look at Merle Roberts'
> >97-88a.  This should put some width into your seedlings.  Beg, plead,
> >etc. for a piece.
> >
> >Walter Moores
> >Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
> >
> >On 1 Dec 2002 at 17:30, Linda Mann wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>More questions...
> >>
> >>Catalogs occasionally describe flowers as wide/broad or hafts
> >>touching/nearly touching/overlapping.
> >>
> >>I'm on the lookout for some affordable cultivars with broader hafts
> >>to cross with some of my tough oldies.  I've hunted thru catalogs
> >>looking for introductions described as having wide falls/touching
> >>hafts and then did a few pedigrees to see if there were some parents
> >>that showed up a lot, without much luck.
> >>
> >>SILVERADO shows up in several.  Farther back, NEW MOON is in
> >>several. Lots of Gatty cultivars show up, but the catalogs I've
> >>studied have mostly westcoast/Oz breeding, so that's not surprising.
> >>
> >>Are Gatty cultivars known for wide falls?
> >>
> >>Any ideas on which cultivars have made a significant contribution to
> >>wider falls?
> >>
> >>Any suggestions/ideas/help appreciated.
> >>    
> >>
> >
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