Immortality

Is Immortality a good seed parent candidate ?

Immortality is a good pod parent but i like I Do more becasue nearly 100% of seedlings are rebloomers and though most are white those that are nice are great F1 parents

Super. Immortality is a heathy and lovely plant here.
I seldom have a rebloom on anything because I live so far north of the 45th parallel.

Thanks for the fast reply
M.

Anita, what is an F1 parent?

First Generation of a cross usually (not alway) more vigerous and is usually a bridge plant to what you are truely looking for.
i.e. Immortality X Chocolate Moose = F1 Icm01 proves rebloom os Icm01RE
Icm01RE X Grape Harvest = F2 SIcmGh01 RE
wow that's confusing for me
F1, F2 F3 .... are generational crosses of seedlings that you may or may not introduce but would used to get to where you want to go. In the above I want a broken color rebloomer with grape smell that is tall with little haftiness.
:)
Hope this helps
A

OMG, I think I got it !!! Will wonders never cease....

F1 Icm01RE = First cross(generation) Immortality chocolate moose remondant, but what is the 01 right before RE? The year?

The seedling number in the cross
:)
A

Wow! Heady stuff you guys, but I believe I got it too. But I am not ready to start hybridizing quite yet. Still need to landscape my yard!

Granny, about half of the time I get rebloom___usually in October when you are sure everything is finished. I read that we need to fertilize after first bloom and they need lots of water_____well we've got that in Iowa this year___to get that second bloom.
And surprising as it seems if I remove a rhizome or two right after bloom and set it off by itself, it usually does the late fall thing!!

HOLY COW I think I'll let you guys do the crosses and send them to me!!! " I'll be the wet mom " way over my head LOL;0)
Gloria

Hi, I have a couple of seed pods forming on I. and others. How long do they need to be mature? I have never let them go to seed before until this year.
Teresa

Watch the top of the pod. when mature the top will turn brown & start to crack open. TBs as always that longer than the shorter ones.

I have a couple of big clumps of Immortality, they are mixed in with my dls. Can I cut them back now or not? They have grown so large they are crowding the other plants.

Do you want to cut them back or divide them? I never cut them back unless I am moving transplanting them. I would think you could do it when they finish blooming, but it might be better to wait until July -- that's when the big growers dig.

Oh, I can wait until July. I will not be dividing until later this fall. Is that ok?

Dividing them in July should be excellent.

July is best if you can so that they will have a chance to settle in before fall.

OK, well I need to get a new bed ready then because the old ones are busting at the seams!

Amazing how that happens to all of us!

Or scary, pajaritomt
I have more hosta and iris coming from DG co-ops.

And so do I! Our eyes are bigger than our flower beds and a whole lot bigger than our stomachs, thank the Lord. Every year, I say I can't fit any more and every year, I somehow plant more. It's a mystery! ( as they say in Shakespeare in Love!)