REB Derive 1991 Anfosso

"Loic, if you are serious about wanting seeds, I will be happy to attempt
a cross for you next spring, if they cooperate!"

Thanks a lot Linda, but it won't be necessary!
It was just to beat time, if it had been possible on your side of the 
ocean...

I might still cross them next year, but like you said, i'd rather use at 
least one ever-bloomer in the cross.


There aren't many.

With a spot, there is Hot and It's father Frankincence, and also it's greand 
father Ditto, but they all bloom very late, and most of the time are hit by 
the frost.
Don't know about Hot's grand mother Small Flash though, maybe it's early?
But Small Flash children like Flower Child and Frankincence bloom late.
Among Small Flash children, there is also Nava, from Bianco, and Charabia, 
from Ransom, that bloom earlier.
I've used Charabia a lot last year so i'll see pretty soon what it gives.

The only one with a spot that blooms early, from the beginning of August 
till the end of september is

DERIVE
(Pierre Anfosso, R. 1991), Sdlg. P 84 A. SDB, 10" (25 cm), E
"S. warm white washed mauve in heart; F. tan brown, edged warm white; beards 
mauve blue.

 (Petite Fugue x Pulcinella) X Capricornia.

 Iris en Provence 1991 "





It is pod AND pol fertile, and daubing seems to take, both ways, almost each 
time!

I've crossed i last year with Pele and Tweety Bird, maybe second generation 
crosses will give a rebloomer.

This year, i've finally crossed it with rebloomers.



I will send in another mail the pictures of an IB i got from a cross i made 
2 years ago with Derive X Invitation, nor very pretty, but an excellent 
grower, and, most of it, reblooms mid september, and is still in bloom.



If you want, i can send you a piece of Derive, next year, so you can try it 
in your hot country !



Loic










----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@lock-net.com>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 8:43 PM
Subject: [iris] Re: REB: good ol HoM & SDBs


> Sorry, Loic, Betty.  Average first frost date here is mid October, 
> sometimes have really hard (killing) freezes by late October, so no time 
> for a pod to mature.
>
> Plus buds on HoM aren't showing color yet, so it will be a race to see it 
> open before some cold.
>
> Oog - I do make retro crosses, but not <this> retro - '79 X '84, both 
> yellow and neither an everbloomer...
>
> Loic, if you are serious about wanting seeds, I will be happy to attempt a 
> cross for you next spring, if they cooperate!
>
> Seems odd that there are no IB's from HoM in the online registry.  A nice 
> mix might be with an everblooming SDB.  Unfortunately, most of the SDBs 
> don't do well here (too hot and erratic rain), so I don't grow many.
>
> However BABY BLESSED seems to be thriving with that thick mulch ..... hmm, 
> maybe I could try a few again.
>
> FOREVER BLUE is the only everblooming SDB I've heard a lot about.  Are 
> there any other SDBs more or less for our climate, preferably with spot 
> pattern, that are everbloomers?
> -- 
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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