RE: [SpaceAgeRobin] DATA Collecting on Consistency

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From: Cathy [mailto:kittencampi@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:02 PM
To: SpaceAgeRobin@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [SpaceAgeRobin] DATA Collecting on Consistency

 

Experience from all zones is important. I started with the colder climes because we are at the other end of the scale. Iris performing the same here and there should be the most stable. Now we can begin to fill in the middle. I am hoping the end result will be a list of the iris we grow with notes similar to the following:

SpaceAger A
horns Z4-10

SpaceAger B
horns z5-7
mixed Z7-8
flounces Z9-10

SpaceAger C
flounces Z4-10
poly flounces Z 8b-10

MM

P.S. I hope that Juri might supply us with what kind of environmental rating system they use in Europe.There are some great SA hybridizer in northern Europe and Moscow has got to be acid test for cold weather stability

 

            Phoenix, Arizona, should be the acid test for hot weather stability.  Here are a few of my observations from Z 9.

 

            Mesmerizer,  consistent flounces on all flowers

                        Strong tendency to bloom-out.

 

            Margaret Inez,  consistent flounces

                        Fairly good grower

                        Very fertile both ways

 

            Hook’em Horns,  horns only on the first blossoms on a stalk

                        Excellent grower

Coral Point,  small inconspicuous horns

            I’m not sure how consistent.  It has trouble surviving here.

 

April Jewel,  small inconspicuous horns

            Again I’m not sure how consistent.

            It’s a fair grower, but I haven’t been able to get seeds from it either way.

 

Twice Thrilling,  consistent purple horns on pink falls

            Poor grower here

 

I have one seedling from Margaret Inez with spectacular horns consistent on every blossom.  Unfortunately the week plant may not even survive.  This spring I should have a number of seedlings from Margaret Inez, Coral Point and Twice Thrilling start to bloom.  I will post the results as they do.

 

Francelle Edwards  Glendale, AZ  Zone 9

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