Re: CULT: various cultivars
- Subject: Re: CULT: various cultivars
- From: C* S*
- Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 21:36:10 -0800
From: Cliff Snyder <snyder@eden.com>
Gary,
We've grown Tomoko with limited success. It grows fine, but bloom is
sporadic. Wishful Thinking, on the other hand, is outstanding.
Cliff Snyder Zone 8
Rainbow Iris Farm Austin, Tx
rainbowfarms.net
Gary D. Sides wrote:
>
> From: "Gary D. Sides" <irisman@mindspring.com>
>
> I am doing some research on some pedigrees. (I have many already run, but
> Sharon's pages excited me all over again tonight!) I went back through some
> and am charting some current new ones: i.e., Suspicion (Keppel '99), oh man,
> wow! And I love one of it's parents: Wishful Thinking! Lynda Miller had a
> great shot of it at our Judges Training; but I digress.
>
> To gather further information on some cultivars, does anyone have any
> experience growing and/OR breeding any of the following?
>
> Flying Skirts (Burseen '94) -- Gorgeous ruffled blue. Have seen it bloom
> once. Oh man!
>
> Citoyen (Anfosso '89) -- s. are orange beige, f. raspberry gold, beige flash
> with org bds.
>
> Fascinator (Hager '90) -- s. lav/brown, f. deeper but turns gold. Sounds
> yummy, never have seen it.
>
> Amber Artisan (Williamson '94) -- blend of buff, tan, amber and gold. Very
> ruffled. Never saw it, and apparently it doesn't have much distribution.
>
> Coming Up Roses (Gatty '92) -- very ruffled pink.
>
> Lois Parrish (Black '97) -- medium lilac, looks a lot like Feature
> Attraction, wonder if it grows better?
>
> Tomoko (Nelson '89) -- lilac with big red bds. I have seedlings from this
> that are very nice. However, they don't bloom every year, or haven't so far
> with all my moving around.
>
> Old Loyalties (Innerst '96) -- pink/blue. My favorite color combination!
>
> Blue Suede Shoes (Sch. '96) -- med. blue, Re. It bloomed in spring for me
> last year. Does it rebloom for anyone outside OR? How does it grow? It
> kinda sulked here.
>
> Well, that's enough for now. Any information will be readily
> accepted.........
>
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> Gary D. Sides Nashville, TN USDA 6/7 irisman@mindspring.com
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