Showing posts with label First year blooms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label First year blooms. Show all posts

Monday, August 24, 2020

Russian Hybridizing 2

By Sergey Stroganov

Editor's Note: In this second part, Sergey writes about some other seedlings he enjoyed in his first crop. Any of us who have hybridized know this special thrill when see the first children.

The next cross I liked was 18-73: ‘One of a Kind’ X ‘Mood Ring’. It bloomed almost in full, and most importantly, gave a large variety of fun seedlings with good branching and growth, including a lot of brown seedlings, despite the fact that this color is not common (most likely, these genes are carried by the ‘Mood Ring’?).

Parents first:


‘One of a Kind’

 


‘Mood Ring’

 


18-73A: standards are largely inherited from my mother, and it turned out quite unusual, in my opinion.

 


18-73B: I have already seen a similar color scheme in seedlings. This one won me over with its branching. Well, the combination of blue and brown (on the hangers and border) looks modern.

 


18-73C: now go brown - this brown-gold.



18-73D is lighter in tone and touches are added to the beard.



18-73E: this one impressed me the most of the entire party with its uniqueness.


18-73F did not blossom in full force this time.. also from a series of brown, with a striped iridescence.




18-73H and this color was also present. Note that almost all seedlings on the standards are visible venation, this is from One of a Kind.




18-73I again brown with strokes, apparently created to confuse me.




18-73J - an even richer brown and an even rarer color.

 


 


And finally for today-Seedling 18-343A: 'In the Morning ' X 'Another Suggestion'. From this cross, only 2 seedlings bloomed - the first was unsuccessful, but this one exceeded my expectations and became my favorite seedling this season.



 

Sunday, June 29, 2014

"Talking Irises" TALL BEARDED IRIS--FIRST-YEAR BLOOMS, 2014

'PARISIAN DAWN' Keppel 2006


By Susanne Holland Spicker

The 2014 TALL BEARDED IRIS SEASON was the best for me in recent memory. I divided nearly all of my irises last year, and wasn't expecting a banner year, but their increase and bloom was more prolific than I have seen for several years. The weather in the top of Utah was ideal for them to establish a good root system in the fall, and the hard freezes in late winter and early spring came before there was damage to the buds, as had been the case the past few years. The new rhizomes I planted had a 95% bloom success--unheard of in my experience with new plantings. Although I was very happy with these new irises, sometimes first-year blooms aren't indicative of what kind of plant it turns out to be. I usually need to wait a few years to know important factors such as hardiness, vigor, and dependability in bloom. These are some of my favorite first-year blooms in 2014.

'PHOTOGENIC' Ghio 2006

'GOING DUTCH' Van Liere 2009


'RHINELANDER' Schreiner 2006

'LENTEN PRAYER' Schreiner 1998
'ABOUT TOWN' Blyth 1997
'PRETTY GENEROUS' Innerst 2004

'CHRISTMAS EVE' Van Liere 2010
'DESIGNER LABEL' Ghio 2003
'QUEEN'S RANSOM' Van Liere 2012
'TICKLE ME PINK' Van Liere 2011

'GYPSY LORD' Keppel 2006



'SISTERHOOD' Van Liere 2011

'DREAM TEAM' Johnson 2007

'BUBBLE BUBBLE' Ghio 2005
'ROLE REVERSAL' Ghio 2010





'LEMON CLOUD' Painter 2008
'GITANO' Keppel 2007

'ROSY FORECAST' Williamson 2010



'WINNING EDGE' Ghio 1997
'WEARING RUBIES' Blyth 2000
'SOUTHERN MORNING' Metler 2011 
'MARCHING TO ZION' Metler 2011

'OVERJOYED' Gatty by Keppel 1994


'ADOREE'  Blyth 2006

'FLORENTINE SILK' Keppel 2005
'EVENING TIDINGS' Schreiner 2009
'GOLDEN PANTHER' Tasco 2000

'ARISTOCRACY' Keppel 2006
'RED SKIES' Ghio 2007



First-year blooms are always exciting; it's much
like  Christmas  morning  to  go  out  and  see a 
new cultivar in bloom for the first time. Time will
tell if these new irises stand the test of time
for good increase, dependability and hardiness--
I hope so, they were beautiful this year.

I'd love to hear about a favorite first-year bloom 
you've had.  

Have any disappointed you with their vigor or 
dependability?