Re: TB: Spring Parasol/Afternoon Delight

John,

My Spring Parasol has not bloomed (three years now) but has not died 
either, so I still have hope.  It's those veins that attracted me too.

I too am in love with Afternoon Delight.  Made a huge clump its 
second year, with so many blooms they kept falling off and coming 
inside for water-lily-type display.  It also set a number of pods, so 
I'm going to be excited to see what comes of them.

Rainbow Hues also bloomed this (its first) year, but produced no 
progeny.  I like it too, and have plans for crossing with Yours Free -
- my favorite new iris this year.  It's virtually indescribable, but 
gorgeous, the blooms rimmed with a sort of rhubarb rose, and pollen 
up the kazoo.  I love it!  Big plans for it next year.  Comes on 
pretty late, so I've frozen some pollen for next year.

Patricia Brooks
Whidbey Island, WA, zone 8?


--- In iris-talk@y..., MemsCo_John Reeds <jreeds@m...> wrote:
> Has anyone out there ever grown Spring Parasol?  I ordered it from 
a large
> and well-known source this year (based on the photo); apparently 
they have
> decided not to sell it after all because it just didn't grow very 
well for
> them.  I was wondering if anyone else has experience with it.
> 
> I finally tried Afternoon Delight for the first time last year; 
when it
> bloomed this spring I loved the standards.  A very different sort 
of veining
> or blend.  The color of the falls wasn't particularly appealing, 
but I
> really would love to see other iris with the same type of vein 
patterning.
> The photo of Spring Parasol is the only thing I have seen with the 
same
> look, and the overall color is much nicer.  Maybe another line to 
enhance
> through hybridizing?  I certainly hope to try, but I'd rather not 
be limited
> to the colors in the falls on Afternoon Delight as a starting 
point; clean
> and bright colors may be too hard to recover.  I'd love to cross 
Spring
> Parasol onto Louisa's Song!  If anyone is familiar with Afternoon 
Delight,
> have you seen anything else with similar blending to that in its 
standards?
> 
> John Reeds, in 9b southern California


 

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