HYB: Germination

Francelle Edwards  Glendale, AZ  Zone 9


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Is anyone making crosses yet?  Betty has to be kidding!  Spring is coming
though to the Sun Country.  It's supposed to be 80 degrees today.  I was
actually sweating.  My Cloud Reflection has all kinds of stalks up.  First
flower opened yesterday and a bird got it.  All opening buds are now treated
with Ropel Bird and Animal repellant.  The Lady Friend X Bubbling Along
clump as a stalk started in it.  It bloomed in March last year too.
Ordinarily the only irises to bloom this early are rebloomers, or at least
repeat bloomers.  Is there any possibility that this one could be?

A few more have germinated in the west row of the seedling bed since I
reported almost a month ago.  I uncovered the east row also to get the weeds
out.  Then I covered it back up to get more irises up.  We get irrigation
tomorrow.  Things are very dry right now.

Francelle Edwards,  Glendale, AZ,  Zone 9


No sprouts yet!  Plastic chicken wire is holding up well.   Makes it easy to

peel back the straw to check on the seedling pots.   Straw was accidentally 
moved from one pot and it was seriously dried  out.  

Yesterday, was a beautiful day.  Glad to report the survival (so far)  of 
some marginal plants from the 2004 planting beds.  
 
Anyone making crosses yet?  
 

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Betty W.  in South-central KY Zone 6 ---If you don't cross them, you can't 
plant them!  
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