Re: HYB-Romantic Evening

--- In iris-talk@y..., "wmoores" <wmoores@w...> wrote:

"Let's put RE to work on the blacks to get some vigor and better 
> stalks...Let's get busy."

I also agree!  Been thinking along the same lines.  Wild Wings is a 
step forward toward black self.  The bloom is tighter, but a bit 
smaller I think.  It also is quite vigorous.

The biggest difference here is LACK of aphylla ancestry in Romantic 
Evening.  The bloodline is almost pure Blyth breeding--with a little 
of other Ghio bloodlines, not too different from what lies behind the 
Blyth breeding. None of the ancient "root" breeders behind the blacks 
show up in the pedigree as far as I can see.

I suspect the particular aphyllas behind modern blacks may be partly 
responsible for the problems mentioned of bloom-out, vigor, etc.  
Oddly, the Craigs don't mention the kind of problems referred to.  
The aphyllas they've used are giving rise to all sorts of good 
traits, including rebloom.  Interesting.

Wild Wings and Romantic Evening with some of the larger, better 
blacks--that will be fun to see.  Keith Keppel says Midnight Oil is 
not an easy nor a good parent.  That's pretty authoritative 
considering his scale of breeding, wouldn't you say.  But what of 
other Schreiner-line blacks?

Neil Mogensen  zone 7a, western NC


 

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