Re: Re: CULT: TB: Pink TB Symposium

It's funny because I never thought I'd like pink irises so I never
ordered any until last year.  When they started blooming this year, they
were the ones I was most drawn to. I made several crosses with pinks and
an anxious to see the results.  BTW, Pinafore Pink is a wonderful huge
pink .  I love it.

Beverly Sills X American Eagle
Beverly Sills X Holy fire
Pinafore Pink X Holy Fire
Cloudia X Wish
Pinafore Pink X Wish
Immortality X Wish ( huge pod almost 5 inches long )
Immortality X Cloudia  ( Immortality had no pollen )
A huge modern mislabled gold x Cloudia
Role Model X Cloudia

You'll also be pleased to know that my planned cross of Thornbird X
Bayberry Candle took so expect to see some future Dykes medal winners in
two years ;-)  LOL....  especially for those who hate these two
cultivars.

Chris
Lafontaine 4b

Linda Mann wrote:
> 
> Mary Lou, it sounds like you may have started a pink iris test garden!
> <g>  Be sure and take notes to share with the rest of us.
> 
> Other than PINAFORE PINK, the only somewhat modern pink I have that is
> really robust and reliable is a pink IB or BB that I got a few years
> back from Larry Doucette.  Never did sort out what the name is.  OCTOBER
> SPLENDOR was really nice this spring (except for open standards) & is a
> fairly tough plant, but it usually has a hard time blooming & reblooming
> (too early and too late), plus it's a BB.
> 
> As for hybridizing goals with pinks - I had early pollen from PP and put
> it on a lot of things, but nothing heading towards an immediate goal - I
> think I have pods with HARVEST OF MEMORIES (hoping for something half
> way decent in form, growth, bud count & branching that will carry pink
> and RE), with the yellow SIGNA seed reichenbachii from Ian Efford (just
> messing around), and with PINK QUARTZ (hoping for more modern form
> (wider hafts) & substance, either pink, or carrying pink).  I don't grow
> PQ myself, but got some pollen from a stalk at our show.  I don't know
> how rubust this cross will be under my rough growing conditions.
> 
> --
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
> American Iris Society web site <http://www.irises.org>
> iris-talk/Mallorn archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/>
> iris-photos/Mallorn archives: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/>
> 
> 
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