REB: a visit to Stanek's

I was lucky enough to get to go to Tim Staneks place 
yesterday just in time to beat the frost.  Hes been 
hybridizing reblooming irises for many years now and with 
the good season weve been having, he had just of ton of 
seedlings and named varieties in bloom.

Aunt Mary looked absolutely terrific.  It was very tall 
and the blooms were very large.  The cool temps really made 
for perfect color.  Its been passing on rebloom, so 
hopefully Ill get some reblooming seedlings too.  AM has 
been blooming pretty much since July at my sisters house.  
Another of Tims intros, Days of Summer has been a very 
consistent performer too.

There were quite a few that I had never seen rebloom in our 
area.  Decker had a nice stalk.  Hagers Fall Rerun was 
just outstanding, with huge blooms and wonderful 
fragrance.  He had several clumps of Mariposa Autumn, and 
October Splendor was almost through.  Mesmerizer even had 
some stalks.  Bonus Mama was blooming too.

He has some pink seedlings that look promising, one that 
should be introduced next year.  Cornhusker had already 
finished, but I got to see a sib.  Quite a few of the Days 
of Summer seedlings had rebloom stalks.  There were also a 
few really interesting Hager seedlings.  The yellow amoena 
really caught my eye, Ive never seen anything in that 
pattern rebloom here.  The other one that was interesting 
was a pastel blend that has horns in the spring.  

Once I got caught up in learning the parentages of the 
seedlings, I forgot all about taking pictures.  I did run 
off with a few stalks, so I can post some pictures.

Robin Shadlow
zone 5 NE

if it HAS to frost, at least there are a lot of stalks to 
enjoy indoors


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