Re: HYB: best PBF
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: best PBF
- From: laurief l*@paulbunyan.net
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 02 08:38:49 -0500
>I'm planning on hybridizing bearded irises for PBF to maximize
>darkness, area pigmented and permanence (through all seasons).
>Eventually, I'd like to see all purple foliage.... If
>anyone, who has experience with a large number of cultivars, can
>recommend some other really good ones, I'd appreciate it.
I'm afraid I wouldn't know a dip from a tet if they bit me, but I can
tell you that the rz of ELSA SASS (Sass, 1938) I received from
Superstition this summer had the most amazing dark red/purple PBF that
extended farther up the fan than on any other iris I've seen. It was
startlingly gorgeous! I believe ES was also the first yellow glaciata
ever registered. I can't wait to see it bloom with that yellow playing
against such dark red foliage (though I have no idea how far up the fan
the color will extend on untrimmed leaves).
Ah, the anticipation ...
Laurie
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laurief@paulbunyan.net
http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg/
USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern MN
clay soil
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