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?
________________________________________________________
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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