Re: IB:Fertility

From: Chris Darlington <chris.darlington@sympatico.ca>

Hmmmm , Hi Michael,

I'm surprised to hear the HO LOW is hard to work with.  I have two
rhizomes of it which I got last summer and they've increased with a
vengence.  Many a cross has been planned with this CV and I've already
collected pollen and am presently storing in the freezer.  To my mind ,
this was a sure fire way to come up with some new IB or TB everbloomers
but we'll just have to wait and see now.  I'll report back on this
subject when daubing season begins.

Chris Darlington 
 presently gazing out the window at a ten foot snowbank in freezing cold
summerless Blainville Quebec.

Gullo wrote:
> 
> From: Gullo <tgf@frontiernet.net>
> 
> Hi All,
> 
>      I find this thread of interest mainly because in my experience
> IB's, while at times difficult, usually respond to some sort of
> persistent hybridizing efforts.  The most difficult IB I have worked
> with is Lo Ho Silver, but even this cultivar has produced some viable
> seed for me.  I have found  some bearded cultivars (of all classes)
> that seem to produce pollen that is extremely determined, if you know
> what I mean.  Some of these super potent plants could probably set pods
> on an iris photograph.  It is possible that I am only growing IB
> cultivars that are not considered sterile.
>      Now if you want to talk about sterile plants I have some sibtosas
> that have continued to thwart my hybridizing efforts.  I'll keep trying
> though.
>      Would like to hear about some the IB cultivars that are not
> fertile.
> 
> Michael Gullo
> West Walworth, NY
> zone 6
> 
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