Re: Re: HYB-Blacks
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: HYB-Blacks
- From: w*
- Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 16:15:38 -0600
- Priority: normal
Neil Morgensen wrote:
. Most irises
> loved the conditions, except for the weeks the temps would hang right at
> freezing--prime time for Botrytis, but I finally found a control--move!
>
Moving results in mixed reviews. While we are on 'blacks,' RAVENWOOD was
one of the outstanding dark rebloomers I grew in Texas, and I thought
it was the greatest thing I had both for color and rebloom. I moved
to Mississippi. After fifteen years of pampering RAVENWOOD without a
decent bloomstalk, I tossed it.
A lot of my things hybridized in Texas fail here, but I can grow more
species.
> The dark purple I'm using for the moment is EMPEROR'S
> CONCERTO. It's pedigree has almost everything but the kitchen sink in it,
> and it is a very classy dark. It also grows well.
>
I thought I had a rogue for EC. I failed to pick up on the correction in the '96 R & I
until just last year at bloom time. Then, a week later at a show, it was saved
from disqualification at a show I judged. I have to remind myself to
look at the R & I correction pages. I cannot believe that it was
originally registered as cornflower blue!
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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