HYB: Good parents for us this year.
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- Subject: HYB: Good parents for us this year.
- From: M* S*
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 10:40:37 -0700
As the bloom season winds down and I review my notes for the seedlings, I came up with some observations. I don't know if anyone cares but I thought I would pass on some info on what has been good parents.
Space Agers:
Thunderball - some great stuff! Crossed with Diabolique, results - wow! Some Diabolique colored SAs, some bi-tones, all with great form, branching bud count vigor and diesease resistance.
Moonraker - Bright stuff with thick, thick substance. Some nice browns too.
French Horn
High Impact - tall, late bloomers with good substance and form - some rebloom.
Apollo One - One of the best at producing well branched and budded plicata SAs some really good BCs too.
Space Age Rebloomers:
AMERICAN EAGLE - the best pollen parent. period. better form and color is coming from this flower then any other flower in our garden (and there are a lot!) Producing incredible oncers, SAs, SA rebloomers and rebloomers.
HEARTBREAK HOTEL - ditto except the colors are all bi-tone, pastels or pinks.
REbloomers:
Rosalie Figge - when used as the pod parent good things are happening.
Twice Told - when crossed with colder zone rebloomers - nice rebloom, color and form.
Renown - Well formed rebloomers - usually light colored with interesting hafts.
Golden Immortal - ditto as Renown but deeper colors, some reds, some SAs
Miss Porterville - nice gateway to dark rebloomers
Bountiful Harvest - plicatas with good form
American Eagle - see above
Apollo One - see above
Winds of Change - nice blues of varying shades
Mariposa Skies - bi tones, ameonas and blues.
Oncers:
Diabolique - great parent for us, both ways.
Crowned heads - just wait till you see what is coming, I am not even going to send a photo out to iris photos >WG<
Fancy Woman - Great luminatas, SAs and REs
Thunderspirit - good darks
Silverado - nuff said
Romantic Evening - nuff said again.
Just a little ramble for the season
Mike
