Re: HYB: Green iris or am I just nuts!?
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: Green iris or am I just nuts!?
- From: A* D* R*
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:48:54 -0700
WE HAVE A GREEN SEEDLING IRENE DE ROSER
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From: "vince lewonski" <vincelewonski@yahoo.com>
To: <iris-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 3:57 AM
Subject: [iris-talk] HYB: Green iris or am I just nuts!?
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> "Kelly D. Norris" <kellydn@frontiernet.net> wrote:
> Are any breeders out there working with green flower color traits in there
programs. I would be interested in talking with anyone about success or
failures.
> Botanically,
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> Mr. Kelly D. Norris
> Master Gardener/Freelance Writer
> Bedford, Iowa
> Zone 4b/5a
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> V. sez:
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> Green irises are of two types - yellow with a hint of green, and olive.
The yellow types can look greenish under certain conditions - it seems to
have something to do with the soil. I used to grow ENVY, which could look
faintly green. I still grow LIME FIZZ, which has always just looked yellow
to me.
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> The olive colors tend to be muddy, and not always entirely attractive.
PRIDE OF IRELAND is in this category - it was a great grower for me, but so
ugly I got rid of it.
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> Sterling Innerst introduced an olive TB last year, which had two purple
selfs as the parents. Go figger.
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> My favorite irises that have green in them, but are not selfs are GREEN
EYED QUEEN, a magenta Siberian with a green flash, and IRISH MOSS, a SDB
with lavender S and green F.
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> Green is supposed to be a difficult color to hybridize for, and a lot of
hybridizers either won't try or have given up.
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> Vince Lewonski
> vincelewonski@yahoo.com
> Secane, Pennsylvania, USA Zone 6b
> "Not a beautiful mind, but one that is gray and kinda mushy!"
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