Re: Re: Can I still transplant siberian iris seedlings now?

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Anja,
Could be interesting. Here Be Dragons has a good dose of sibirica
in it, so the seedlings will probably have small flowers and a good bud
count. What does the pod parent look like? Solid color or a vein pattern?
Ken

Anja Pansin/Wolfgang Zirkel wrote:
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> Thank you Chuck and Ken. I suppose I can not take them out of the pots
> without disturbing the roots. So I will follow your advice and leave
> them in the pots and sink the pots in the ground.
> Am very curious what will come out of the diploid seedlings. The pod
> parent is a sibirica from the botanical garden in Tuebingen (Southwest
> Germany) with the label iris sibirica L (I do not know if it is
> correctly identified and what L means - Linnaeus?). As the pollen
> parent I chose my favourite sibirica Here be dragons. I know it is a
> weird cross and I am pretty sure that the seedlings will resemble the
> pod parent but who cares?
> Anja
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