Re: Re: HYB:Breeding Philosophy

Robin

What do you think of this surprise bloom, Danceman x Moonraker. Has
just started flowering for the first time. I'm trying figure out if it
is late spring bloom or will have a tendency to bloom anytime. It has
7 buds and really stands out in the garden.

Colleen Modra
Adelaide Hills AUST
zone 8/9

colleen@impressiveirises.com.au

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Shadlow" <rshadlow@wildmail.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 3:38 AM
Subject: [iris] Re: HYB:Breeding Philosophy


> One of the very best things about the iris people is their
willingness to share information.  It has been so helpful to me to see
which irises are good parents.
>
> Right now I have been making crosses with one parent that produces
strong rebloom in our area crossed on another with good width and
form.  The plan is to cross the resulting seedlings back together and
hopefully get a few with the rebloom genes and the form I want.
Finding it gets harder though as time goes on- I am starting to NEED
more and more ruffles.
>
> There were some pleasant surprises I did get many out of season
stalks  from the Braggadocio, and  Rio crosses.  I wasnt expecting to
have much rebloom at all from my first generation crosses so it was
very nice to get as many as I did.
>
> All American was a good parent for form, but I am not sure that it
will bring enough of the rebloom trait to the table.   I did get some
late fall stalks on a Yaquina Blue X All American seedling.  Too bad
that they were at a critical point in their growth when I dug them to
bring them inside.  The buds just shriveled, darn.  The two sibs from
the cross that bloomed this spring had excellent form, bud count and
stalks.  I will probably use Yaquina on some of my bicolor seedlings
this spring.
>
> I plan to use Decadence, Sea Power, Rio, Braggadocio, and Fogbound
on as many different rebloomers as I can.  As for the rebloom parent,
I will keep using Rosalie Figge when I can get it to set pods, Matrix,
Golden Immortal and Clarence.  Patty Ann, Summer Radiance, Cornhusker
and Radiant Bliss will be some of the new rebloomers that Ill be
throwing into the mix.
>
> I have enough Pink Attraction seedlings to work with now.  It throws
so many hafts lines that Id just as soon work with something that
produces cleaner seedlings.  It did give decent form and did produce
quite a few seedlings that bloomed out of season.  The flowers were
smaller, though in proportion with the shorter stalks.  Pinkness may
be a bit better as a parent.
>
> The most disappointing crosses were probably from Masterwork.
Branching was decent, but form was really lacking, and flower size was
quite small.   The Winterland seedlings were not especially promising
either.
>
> Hopefully I will get caught up here and will have time to post a few
more photos of the seedlings.
>
> Robin Shadlow
> zone 5 NE
>
> sorry this got so long winded
>
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