Irises: CABIN FEVER, 1 by redheadclan

redheadclan wrote:
I'm a man in a family of women. I have 4 sisters, all with red hair, 4 daughters and one son, 2 with red hair, 5 grand-daughters and 2 grandson's. I have been gardening since I was a child, but I got serious about irises when I got re-married in 1997. When I retire with Parkinson's in 2007, I moved from California to a new house in Arizona. I had a clean slate but adobe clay. I built raised beds and bought a Jack Hammer to break up the clay. I then tossed it in the desert and brought in all new soil. Last year I was on the region 15 trek with over 250 varieties. You can see some of my landscaping in the "Thinking of Spring" thread. Now I'm starting to hybridize and I have 2 that should be good enough to market. It just takes a while to build an inventory. Attached is a picture of part of the clan. I'm the squinting one on the left next to one of my redheaded daugthers.