Re: Re: HYB: Zurbrigg seedling JJ86?

From: z88keys@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)

>From: Linda Mann <lmann@icx.net>
>
>Lloyd Zurbrigg said:
>> JJ 86 is from 86-93-1 :(Latest Style x Br. Carl) X Mattan 85-8.
>> I still have it in the garden in a small clump.
>> It has been a somewhat shy increaser to date.
>> I have another of these "mildly blended" amoenas next to
>> it that I want to cross to it. Parentages are different, but both contain
>> remontancy .
>> The similar one is LL 8 #1 and is from )Best
>> Bet X Mother Earth).  If you have any recommendations about other things to
>> cross them with, feel free to suggest.
>
>Like Chris Darlington, I want it to be for sale <G>
>
>Neither BEST BET nor MOTHER EARTH will grow here, tho MOTHER EARTH did
>bloom once and I think BEST BET is dying a lingering death (as did M
>E).  Are LATEST STYLE and its sib still available commercially?  Two "L"
>rebloomers!  Those I have to try to get.
>
>I guess I would cross it with something to 'toughen it up', but am not
>familiar enough with the reblooming lines and which ones might work best
>& still keep a blended burgundy amoena coloring.  Is there anything from
>WHOLE CLOTH and SULTRY MOOD that is blended and carries rebloom?  Or
>from ROCOCO (for sheer stubborn toughness)?  I love the blends and
>complex color patterns but can't think of anything at the moment.  I
>wonder what a cross with CELEBRATION SONG would do (loads of fertile
>pollen and a super tough grower).  It has amoena, but not the right
>colors or rebloom.
>
>Do you know the parentage of Mattan 85-8?
>
>Linda Mann
>dry as dust & brown landscapes here.  I think the last rain was in
>?July?  & it's been hot and windy during the day - still getting near 90
>some days, tho very chilly at night.  Desert climate.  Relative humidity
>was down in the 40s last week - never heard of such a thing!
>
>
>
Dear Linda:  I too hve difficulty with both Mother Earth and Best Bet. The
one I might like to use with them is that sib to SET SAIL, numbered OO
33-4-1. It does not have much blending , but is a tall, well-branched
amoena with tangerine or red beards, and is out of MESMERIZER. I might also
use the bicolor rust/vivid RVwhose main fault is that it is too tall and
goes over. It is from LADIES'S NIGHT and HER ROYAL HIGHNESS. The color on
this is maybe what some call "to die for". It does not rebloom but has
very, very rugged fans, stalks, and growth.
We had five inches of rain from hurricane FLOYD, and are ever so grateful
that it verred slightly east after landing at Wilmington. No trees down
here, and no loss of power. I was very relieved, for I am not a good
"camper".  One iris in bloom, an excellent stalk of LOW HO SILVER> .  LLOYD
Z IN DURHAM NC.





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