Re: HYB-Romantic Evening
- Subject: Re: HYB-Romantic Evening
- From: n*@charter.net
- Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 21:45:40 -0000
--- In iris-talk@y..., Mike Lowe <mlowe@w...> wrote:
".... Mystique goes back to Black Forest (R. Schreiner 44) a couple
of ways...one through a succession of Ghio numbered seedlings, the
other through Black Satin (Nesmith 51)
>
> On dilution, we are talking 16 generations to B.F.in one case and
17 in the other. The amazing thing about aphylla is that it will
> 'submarine' along for untold generations and then pop up, expressed
> as though it were within a generation or so."
Thanks, Mike. I did't follow Mystique far enough. Black Forest was
a problematic grower for me, but apparently did well enough nation
wide as it was quite popular for many years. Pure aphyllas did
better! (That was in ID, not NC)
Neil Mogensen 7a, western NC
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