Irises: Iris hookeri selections, 0 by Todd_Boland

Todd_Boland wrote:
The hybrid is exactly the colour of hookeri but so much fuller in form...it now has standards you can see! Here is the full plant. The plant is about 22" tall with the flowers held high above the foliage. The spring foliage is yellow! I don't know if my soil is at fault but the sibericas and hookeri are green enough, yet the hybrid was yelow. The foliage is only now starting to turn green. The result is a strong contrast between the blue flowers and the chartruese foliage. Foliage itself is wider than either parent...more akin to versicolor. As my first attempt at wide-crossing, I would appreciate feedback. I have a hookeri X Moonsilk cross starting to bud and it looks as though it will be blue as well. Guess blue is dominant over pale colours. Just starting to bud is hookeri X Silver Edge. It is going to be very late as the buds are still well within the leaves.