Re: HYB: I. aphylla, winter deciduous, Schreiner's

Vicki and Jim Craig wrote:
> The inquiry/comments from Linda Mann have finally brought me ( a very
> computor illiterate senior citizen) out to try my best to communicate
> with all you well versed irisarians.
> 
> We have been hybridizing with and growing I. aphylla since 1967. Due to
> Jim's many transfers, we have grown iris in areas with 90 day growing
> season as well as 200 +  day seasons. It is our belief that whenever I
> aphylla and many of their derivitives are stressed either by cold or hot
> weather, they do tend to shed their foliage. They are very robust hardy
> plants.
> 
> We will do our best to answer your questions concerning our experiences
> using I. aphylla.

Thank you!  Most of us are beginners here, one way or the other.  I am
the worst for asking a zillion unanswerable questions, so here goes.

I see from the pedigree of one of your irises that Juri mentioned that
you have added aphylla genes recently in its family tree.  The World of
Iris mentions aphylla in development of TBs but doesn't give any
examples.  Do you know of any <progenitor> irises that you would guess
have aphylla in them?

Have you read the AIS Bulletin article by Schreiner that I mentioned in
a previous post?

Do you know anybody who pays attention to this fall/winter deciduous
characteristic of irises who could give me a big long list of all the
fairly recent introductions (by fairly recent, I mean 1980s) with this
characteristic so I could use that as a geneological guide to helping me
pick out new stuff to try here?  There don't seem to be very many
around, judging from the very short list I have gotten from folks on
this list.

Most of my 'new' stuff from last year looks terrible.  Several were
killed to the ground - I have no intention of trying to salvage anything
that is that sensitive.  Loleta Powell sent me three good ones though
and COLETTE THURILLET and EARTH SONG look good.  All of these were
winter deciduous.  Some of the others look like they will throw off the
damage and continue to grow - if they don't bloom normally, they may not
be here next year.

What is the normal bloom season for aphylla?  I am guessing mid-season
as that seems to be the bloom season for most of the winter deciduous
varieties I have.

Linda Mann east Tennesseee USA
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