HYB: Crossing with whites

Hey, all,

I'm the one whose hybridizing goal is to breed pinks without the hot 
tangerine/orange/coral/red beards.  Preferably blue beards, though 
will be thrilled with white or true pink.

I'm about to send off my first order for 2001--to Riverside, whose 
catalog has been out at least a month, and who has just about 
everything you'd ever want, at a modest price.  (Though I'm saving 
some for Sutton's and others I regularly order from.)

What I'm wondering while I'm making my crossing plans is what happens 
when you cross with a white.  I don't think the subject has come up 
since I've been a part of this group.  I'm sure it's nowhere as 
simple as crossing a red with a white and getting pink, but I wonder 
whether beards will be affected by crossing a pink with a white with 
another-color beard.  Is there any sort of glaciata effect by which 
the white suppresses other colors?

Iris-addict forever,
Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8+?
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