HYB:REB:Theory

There are many theory about the path to rebloom.  



People who live in CA and Australia, some other areas too, just mark the  
irises that rebloom for them and then cross those irises.  Sometimes,  rebloom 
even comes to those that don't want it!  <no names  here><vbg>  
 
As stated before, these irises, beautiful though they are, rarely rebloom  
for me in zone 6.  Heck, even some zone 4-6 rebloomers don't bloom for  me.  If 
I were JUST a grower I'd be dissatisfied.  As a breeder I'm  frustrated.  
 
The Australian and CA breeders can't breed rebloomers for me.  (By  breeding 
rebloomers for them) They don't know what will rebloom in zones  other than 
their own until they get reports from other zones.  By the time  rebloom can be 
reported with regularity a cultivar has been in existence for  10-15 years.  
 
I have many theories.  One theory is to use irises that rebloom early  in 
zones 4 & 5.  These should, in theory, provide earlier rebloom  everywhere.  
Also, I've listed the irises that have bloomed July &  August here.  Reported 
earlier.  These should also bloom early in most  places.  In theory!  Lets call it 
an educated guess!  
 
The theory I've been working on since I came out here (3 years) is the zone  
8 & 9 rebloomers X zone 4-6 rebloomers.  As I started my Excel sheets  for 
2006, this was my main focus, limited by the irises available to me.   Then, I 
realized this would be a bit light on rebloom.  A year with no  rebloom?  
Horrors!  And, what about combining genes on the Wilkerson  introductions and 
seedlings?  
 
As a result I made way to many crosses, and they were varied.  
 
List of crosses:(2006)
 
          Prm # Pod Parent X Pollen Parent # sd  1 1505-1 (yellow) X Breaking 
News 59  2 1624-1re (sweet Add.) X Arctic Fox  42  3 1624-1re (sweet Add.) X 
Pink Attraction 49  4 1624-1re (sweet Add.) X Sharpshooter 65  5 1708-1 X 
Lotus Land 46  6 1708-1 (br & frm) X Pink Attraction 82  7 1708-3 (in 
pot)(Gorgeous) (late) X Renown-Freezer 21  8 1709-1re X Arctic Fox 21  9 1804-G2-1 (sib 
6-8 rebloom) X 1803-G2-1  (sib to 2 rebloomers)  74  10 
1810-6var:1605-1:9415-1Re(((Victoria Falls x  Vanity) x Immortality) x (Latest Style x Glistening 
Icicle))) x (Feed Back  x Champagne Elegance) X Light Rebuff X 1620-9 (var) : 
Chinese New Year x Theme  Master 32  11 1810-07:1605-1:9415-1Re(((Victoria Falls x 
Vanity)  x Immortality) x (Latest Style x Glistening Icicle))) x (Feed Back x 
 Champagne Elegance) X Light Rebuff (3rd stalk) X Romantic Evening 114  12 
1810-08: 1605-1:9415-1Re(((Victoria Falls x Vanity)  x Immortality) x (Latest 
Style x Glistening Icicle))) x (Feed Back x  Champagne Elegance) X Light 
Rebuff(y bi/good form X Holiday Parade 35  13 1810-10re:1605-1:9415-1Re(((Victoria 
Falls x  Vanity) x Immortality) x (Latest Style x Glistening Icicle))) x (Feed 
Back  x Champagne Elegance) X Light Rebuff X French Can Can 78  14 
1810-12re:1605-1:9415-1Re(((Victoria Falls x Vanity) x Immortality)  x (Latest Style x 
Glistening Icicle))) x (Feed Back x Champagne Elegance)  X Light Rebuff  X 
1814-2re (copper): (Radiant Bliss x Summer Radiance)  31  15 1812-101 (Lemon 
Reflection x All Revved  Up) X 1812-37re  (round falls)(sib)  28  16 1812-102 (bg or 
bd)(3t) X Holiday Parade 60  17 1816-2re (Tara's Choice x Ritual/Regimen X 
1901-3  143  18 1816-remud X 1901-1 75  19 1901-2 (0626-1re:Gallant Moment x Feed 
Back) X  Winesap X 1816-burg 58  20 1904-1brfm X Black Andromeda 71  21 
1904-purple ptipped bd X Matrix 37  22 1905-3 (bi-blue)(1624-1Re X Noble Knight) X 
Holiday Parade 25  23 1905-3 (bi-blue) X Romantic Evening 85  24 1906-1 X 
Matrix 33  25 1906-x X Star Gate 2  26 1907-3re X Renown-Freezer 22  27 1915-2 
(yellow/red) X Infernal Fire 57  28 1917-1re X Decadence 36  29 1922-2 X 
Remarkable 3  30 Again & Again X Echo Location 32  31 Again & Again X Tara's Choice 60 
 32 Another Bridge X Enchanter 48  33 Another Bridge X Romantic Evening 55  
34 Breaking News X Cloud Berry 15  35 Cordoba X Summer Radiance 95  36 Enjoy 
The Party X 1810-10 55  37 Gilded Cream X Sunmaster 30  38 Hindenberg X 
1814-5peach 22  39 Honey House X 1709-1re 25  40 Honey House X Shire 9  41 Impulsive X 
Easter Cloud 69  42 Lotus Land X Pink Attraction 55  43 Lunar Whitewash X 
1810-x white 9  44 Man About Town X 1503-2re (fall overlay) 50  45 Pure As Gold X 
Summer Radiance 6  46 Rio X Matrix 36  47 Scottish Rebel X 1701-8re (form) 58 
 48 Shire X Dignity Dancer 21  49 Star Gate X Blackout 33  50 Star Gate X 
Matrix 79  51 Sunblaze X Summer Radiance 18  52 Tara's Choice X Again & Again 50  
53 Tara's Choice X Clarence 55  54 Treasured X Pink Attraction 100  55 
Treasured X Renown 26  56 Vanishing Act X 1816-remud 120  57 Vanishing Act X 1907-2 
(gr std/wt p band) 43  58 Vanishing Act X Pure As Gold 58
 
 
Guestions?  
 
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Betty W.  in South-central KY Zone 6 ---Where the winds were strong enough to 
pick up  plastic chicken wire and throw it 15 ft!  Plastic chicken wire!  
What  did the wind use as a handle??  
 
If you don't cross  them, you can't plant them! 
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