Irises: White Iris affecting colors?, 1 by Oldgardenrose

Oldgardenrose wrote:
If the old whites are anything like this, I would like to have
3 or 4 when you decide to dig them. If before next spring,
I can keep them in a refrigerator. Will pay postage in
advance.

There may be some interbreeding problems with the white
and colored irises but I have read from some respected
iris experts that it is genetically impossible for an iris to
change colors since the increases are exact clones of the
parent rhizome. The white pictured is old, rugged and
prolific and could take over a small bed in time.