THe Good THe Bad and The MAYBEs Thus Far

First the Bad
This is Chanted a Pink SDB Crossed with Iris lutescens a yellow species iris from the Mediterranean area

04Cop04 was the first opened very dog eared

Same cross different plant

Same cross same results

The rest of the yellows except one was worse than this and refused to waste time taking pictures just pitched the plants

Now I must say I was not expecting anything great but at least hoped for something to work with finally the last yellow

Thankfully there were 29 seedlings from this cross and I came out an saw a dark bud
Well this is what bloomed one of the goods

Then another this one MDB size ~7"

Oh my then another taller one

Then this one showed up and look at the edges near the shoulders

Another view of the last one

This is a cross between Cimaron Rose X Touch of Mink

This is a cross between Dinky Circus and Black Stallion two MDBs

this is a sibling to the Dinky Circus and Black Stallion

Ok I cross an Aril with and SDB and this is the only one of 7 that opened with the SDB as the pod parent

This is the first one to open with the Aril being the pod parent

Here is the sibling it is more IB looking

And another seedling same cross

ok now here is the picture

This is a present from a bee on Snowtree
Doggie but good color and bud count so I crossed it with more modern

And a sibling MDB size and form

The cross between Cimaron Rose X Touch of Mink is a keeper. I also like the white and yellow in Post #3473321. Just lovely.

Anita,

How do you grow pure arils in your garden? Do you dig them after bloom and store them over summer? Or perhaps grow them in pots in a greenhouse? Are they oncos or regelias?

I'd love to be able to grow pure arils, but I can't imagine any way I could keep them alive here.

Laurie

I Love Arils but I have very little time to baby anything and I do not have a green House Yet

I made a bed that is sloped and mix of 50% topsoil and mixed in pea gravel, sand and compost. I have increased my collection every year with the ASI sale some live some don't Regelia are supposed to be more hardy the Oncos but I am trying those as well. I have some 3/4 oncos that are surviving and blooming like Persian Padishaw, Masada's Glory and others. Those I lost are not necessarily these but OGB- and OGB. I also have some species seeds germinating treated just as I do all my seeds, in a pot out in the weather.

:)
Anita

I'll Take some Pictures this am of the bed

Oh, so you're growing primarily arilbreds and not pure arils. I know you're growing at least one pure aril (Turkish Topaz). Are you growing any others?

In your seedlings above, is that one cross with an aril or an arilbred?

Laurie

I. hogiana R
Kiosk AR
Imaret AR
Sunflight RB
Teucros RC

Anita,

Just so you have the correct information for your breeding program, only I. hoogiana and Teucros are arils. The others are arilbreds. Kiosk and Imaret are oncogeliabred, and you have Sunflight correctly identified as regeliabred.

This opened after 5 years It is a sibling kind of to the parent of the Aril crosses above. Still waiting on #6 to bloom from the same bunch

Sorry in a rush this AM will get better pic tonight
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