Re: Highest bud counts

Ahhh, now youre talkin

I grew Crystal Ruffles for quite a few years and it
did have a high bud count. I cant find my old notes
at the moment but I recall it had beautiful wide
slender branching and a but count of about 12. I seem
to recall a stalk having 15 buds.  Crystal Ruffles
also had beautiful ruffled form. Given your interest
in diploid breeding you should add Crystal Ruffles to
your stable.

I am always looking for cultivars with good branching
and bud count but unfortunately, that information is
difficult to find. People dont really pay much
attention to those details.  Personally, I find it to
be an important detail, especially after waiting a
whole year to see my irises bloom. I want to see more
than 5 or 6 buds. I want to see at least 10 buds or
more. And I dont want them to bloom all at once
either. I look for the ones that bloom sequentially so
as not to be overcrowded. 

Some of the irises that I grow that has a high bud
count would be:

Announcement SA TB 12 buds
Before The Storm TB 12 buds
Ben A Factor tetraploid MTB 7-11 buds
Blowout tetraploid 9-12 buds
Capricious Candles SA TB 10-12 buds
Conjuration SA TB 10 buds
Cybernet BC diploid MTB 9-10 buds
Deja Blue SA RE TB 11 buds
Departure tetraploid IB 9-12 buds
Enriched tetraploid MTB 12-16 buds
Fashion Holiday tetraploid IB 11-16 buds
Fresh Image tetraploid IB 9-12 buds
Halston tetraploid IB 11 buds
Infernal Fire BC TB 11-12 buds
Lapwing tetraploid IB 9-12 buds
Local Color TB 10-13 buds
Lucy Doodle RE tetraploid MTB 9-11 buds
Mesmerizer SA TB10-15 buds
My Souvenir tetraploid MTB 11-12 buds
Reformation tetraploid IB 10-12 buds
Reincarnation RE SA TB 8-10 buds
Saucy tetraploid IB 9-14 buds
Smash tetraploid RE MTB 9-11 buds
White Wine tetraploid MTB 8-13 buds
Zandria TB 9-11 buds
Zebra Blush Variegated leaf TB 10 buds
Zebra Night Variegated leaf TB 10 buds
Ziggy BC TB 9-10 buds

This list is just the irises I grow that shows good
bud count. I know there are a lot more irises out
there that have excellent bud count but perhaps some
of the others in the group can report on what they
grow. 

Sterling
Seattle, WA. Zone 8

--- thomas silvers <tesilvers@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I read of an MTB, 'Crystal Ruffles' (if I'm
> remembering right), that has a budcount of 14. It
> made
> me wonder what other irises have high budcounts. I
> guess there are two ways that budcount could be
> increased -- more sockets [and/or more branching],
> or
> more buds per socket. I've seen mention of aphylla
> having potential to improve branching -- does anyone
> have any comments about "3 buds per socket" types?
> 
> And what would be considered a high budcount
> (currently) for each type of iris? (SDB, IB, BB, TB,
> MTB)
> 
> For example, I have some diploid seedlings, from
> pallida 'Kupari' X MTB 'Rosemarys Dream', that I
> think
> would be in the TB height and flower size range.
> These
> seedlings have 6 to 8 buds per stalk. Would that be
> a
> high budcount, by TB standards? By MTB standards, it
> would seem low (average at best).
> 
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