Re: REB:Seedlings in Memphis

Wow, Betty, thank you for that specific cross info!  I respond to 
that sort of here-are-crosses-that-worked-and-what-I-got-from-them 
info the way I do to the sight of rich black earth -- close to 
ecstasy.  Can you imagine how I'll respond to my own crosses when/if 
I ever get them?

Patricia Brooks, iris addict.
Whidbey Island, WA, where the wind is blowing big-time but temps only 
50s highs & 40s lows.



--- In iris-talk@y..., storylade@a... wrote:
> Linda,
> 
> Walter mentioned 3 of my seedlings bloomed in the 2002 Master 
Planting in 
> Memphis.  All three are TB.
> 
> A brief note/disclaimer.  The last several years I've not been able 
to give 
> my seedlings the attention they deserved.  When I moved, 1998, I 
brought some 
> of my favorite seedlings, but in most cases I just brought the 
strongest from 
> each cross.  Many I'd not seen bloom.
> 
> 9425-1RE-  ((Her Royal Highness x Inferno) X Feedback).  My 
> intentions--working toward a good reblooming red.  (all irises used 
have 
> rebloomed somewhere) Standards a reddish purple.  Falls (Feedback) 
purple 
> with reddish purple shoulder and fall rim.  Of the three, this is 
possibly 
> the weakest, but is in a bad spot.  All of my soil was hauled in 
and isn't 
> very good.  
> 
> 9502- I kept three from this cross.  All bloomed in the fall of 
2000.  
> 9502-1RE is my least favorite, but the strongest rebloomer.  It and 
9502-2RE 
> (a real beauty & shaded to the blue side) are various shades of 
banded 
> bi-tone purple and both are quite tall.  Good fall stalks . . . not 
bunched 
> or clumpy.  9502-3RE is a bit on the shy side.  Shorter, slow to 
bloom and 
> slow to increase.  It's a silvered purple self with purple beards 
and also 
> beautiful. Maybe a new spot?  (includes Feedback(2) Autumn Encore, 
Roman 
> Lover, Orbiter, & Violet Classic)
> 
> 9524-1RE was the only seedling kept from Earl of Essex X Hot 
Streak.  
> Standards grayed orange veined beetroot.  Falls white, rimmed 
beetroot, & 
> washed gold below the beard and across the fall.  The gold almost 
looks like 
> pollen (bright yellow daylily type) rubbed across the falls.  Or 
the gold on 
> a bumblebee.  Hard to describe, but it almost glows.  Very 
tenacious.  Likes 
> to bloom.  Relatively short.  
> 
> I have several seedlings blooming now, but most are not at the 
convention.  
> My red one has another stalk, 9502-2RE is in bloom, white one has 
clump.  My 
> ugly one from yellow and purple is a greyed red (to the black 
side  . . . 
> sorta) with good branching . . . two stalks but not my cuppa.  Two 
are 
> blooming from the Jessie's Song X Earl of Essex cross.  
> 
> 9412-1 has a stalk.  ((Laced Cotton x Autumn Encore) X Renown)  
> 9142-8 (Laced Cotton X Feedback) is putting up a stalk but it will 
be too 
> late.  Also others still in the fans.  Many others.
> 
> Betty in BG KY . . . did I miss anything?


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