Re: HYB: aphylla
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: HYB: aphylla
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:04:05 -0700 (MST)
Vicki Craig wrote:
> I. aphylla is most suited to the median class. It really takes
>several generations to get away from the poor substance floppy flowers
>to well formed heavier substanced flowers from the species.
(snip)
>We grow several thousand seedlings each year from aphylla derivitives.
>We usually make a couple of crosses back to the species annually, but
>we have never gotten anything worthy of introduction from F1 crosses.
>I hope I inspired your interest.
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I know that the orginal query was posted by Linda Mann *but* you
have inspired my interest in I. aphylla. In the Ohio Gardens 1997
catalog, 17 different species of I. aphylla were listed...guess I
better send away for it this year, too. The aphylla species were
priced from $5 to $10.
Ohio Gardens
148 Alta St.
Marietta, OH 45750-2607
(614)374-8612 - W. Terry Varner
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Ellen Gallagher / e_galla@moose.ncia.net
Siberian iris robin / sibrob@ncia.net
Northern New Hampshire, USA / USDA Zone 3
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