Re: RE: HYB:Starting out:101
- Subject: Re: [iris] RE: HYB:Starting out:101
- From: A*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 18:37:19 EST
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/iris/> (Web Archive)
In a message dated 11/16/2003 5:25:43 PM Central Standard Time,
redear@infinet.com writes:
> My goal is to have fun, learn and enjoy some nice iris I made.
Number one goal? Have fun! You're already there.
> Just think. You have 40 seedlings. That's 40 times you get to see a iris
> bloom that no one else has, beautiful or ugly. And it is all yours. For me
> that is a super thrill.
It's that kind of thrill that got me making crosses again. The anticipation
is great.
> It was not a
> planned cross it was there, two blooms handy.
I wouldn't have expected a blue plicata from that cross. I've made a lot of
these crosses through the years! Too many. That's how I wound up with so many
plicatas. Have tweezers, will cross! It's addictive.
Betty W. in South-central KY Zone 6
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