Re: HYB: Broken Color
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: Broken Color
- From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" j*@bridgernet.com
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 19:28:55 -0600
> From: John Reeds <lamegardener@msn.com>
Most BC's are relatively short, and the pod parents can be selected to give
larger stalks with better branching.
BC's come in various heights, as do irises of other colors. I would not say
that on the whole the ones I have grown have shorter stalks as a rule. Here
are the registration heights and maximum heights in my garden (in inches)
for TB BC's:
BRINDLED BEAUTY 34/41; ELAINEALOPE 34/40; GNU BLUES 36/41; GNUS FLASH
40/49; MILLENNIUM FALCON 38/40; NIGERIAN RASPBERRY 36/35; SPICED TIGER
31/30; TIGER HONEY 38/31.
FILIBUSTER x GNU was a disgusting (and perplexing) failure; I discarded the
entire row of seedlings after about 6 or 8 of them bloomed and every single
one was a variation on the theme "black cherry bitone with open standards".
I can empathize with the open standards part. I have never yet had a self
or near self seedling bloom from a cross involving BC's - only plicatas,
BC's, and bicolors.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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