CULT: last report

THought I'd just post a brief report at the end of the season here.  The very 
last of the TBs opened its last gasp tody--BROADWAY, with 2 standards and 2 
falls.  Pathetic, but I've seen several of the late bloomers do this this 
year.  At the same time, the first of the spurias opened today.  I only have 
three, but I've managed to mix up the labels some years back, and lost one 
completely.  The one opening is the unnamed, a deep indigo blue with a small 
signal of yellow veining.  The other two are RESPONSE, which I think is going 
to bloom big time, and DRESS CIRCLE, which isn't.
The favorite TB of almost everybody who visited my garden this spring was 
CHAMPAGNE WISHES (Keppel), a lovely thing in bright salmon overlaid with a 
smooth wash of transparent lavender.  Unfortunately, it's a big clump which is 
entirely blooming out, so I'll have to do the save-the-stalk trick to get it 
to recover.
I think my best seedling was one of the BATMAN X THORNBIRD cross, which ended 
up as a nice smooth deep purple with some haft markings but sadly no horns.  
Hmmph.  And there was the interesting one whose pollen parent was DIVINE LIGHT 
--white with chartreuse and lavender touches and a very lavender beard.  Too 
subtle for most, though.
So now I'm talking to the daylilies and native asters, neither of which are 
blooming yet, and waiting for hopefully some rebloomers.

Barb in Santa Fe
Region 23, Zone 5, IrisMaven@msn.come
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