How can you make different irises?

Geo-TH,In · May 10, 2016

I have two different colors of irises and they are different sizes. They are over 100 feet apart. What happened to the small yellow irises to make them white and blue like the larger white and blue?

I would like to learn how to make unique varieties.

Bob M · May 10, 2016

My grandmother's entire back yard was devoted to iris beds. Over the years she managed to create an entire rainbow of different iris blossoms through cross-pollination. Sadly as a child I pretty much ignored her work in the flowers (I was much more interested in the tractors, etc).

I wish now I had paid better attention to her experimentations...

Hotflashjr · May 10, 2016

My Father has done this with day lilies. He has many unique color combinations. I have never asked him the process he uses but will see if I can find out.

guido · May 10, 2016

Hello Geo-TH,In,

Those bees go whenever there is nectar. Cross pollination is inevitable!

GUIDO.

Geo-TH,In · May 10, 2016

This is a first. I've raised irises for years. Guess I'll get a feather and try crossing them.

Larry EC-OH · May 10, 2016

Ummmm, they are GMO irises

Mama nature has been doing this for centuries

Larry

dcarp · May 10, 2016

George, sent to a email about the hog hunting. Let me know if you don't get it.

Andy Martin · May 10, 2016

My mother-in-law did lots of crossing. Registered at least one new cross.

Here's a pretty good site.

http://www.schreinersgardens.com/iris-breeding

Geo-TH,In · May 10, 2016

Thanks, will try.

wilson ind · May 10, 2016

George if you dig up any beds and have extra bulbs give me a call.

Poppa Noel · May 10, 2016

(quoted from post at 16:15:17 05/10/16) My mother-in-law did lots of crossing. Registered at least one new cross.

Here's a pretty good site.

http://www.schreinersgardens.com/iris-breeding

That is a good site its also a nice place just down the road from me. The Iris festival is comming up in 2 weeks and my grandaughter cant wait to go on the carnival rides I am waiting for the night and I'll be in the barley pop tent catching up with a few old friends with live music. a couple of years ago the drummer from Journey had his side project band playing there was a good show, he grew up and still lives here in town.

guido · May 10, 2016

Hello Geo-TH,In,

Q tip is a way to transfer pollin. Mine are late this gear. White ones are just coming out. Best x I have are the dark ones. I'll post pics when they bloom,

Guido.

Brown Swiss · May 10, 2016

Well to start you need to sweet talk the wife then can go do other things, wait nine months and what pops out name her Iris! Simple right! LOL

Andy Martin · May 10, 2016

The bulbs should be dug up every few years, throw away rotten parts, separate large ones, rinse in weak Chlorox solution, then replant. We do this in early July in Oklahoma. Then you've got lots of extra bulbs when you separate them. They grow and bloom a lot better when you thin them out. In Oklahoma you can "plant" them by throwing them on top of the ground. They will root and do well, but it only gets to around zero F here in the winter.

Geo-TH,In · May 10, 2016

Stop by and get what you want. The boss is constantly moving, thinning beds, relocating them to her lower yard, the gravel pit. That's her retirement job, full time.
George

Geo-TH,In · May 11, 2016

Good idea.

From what I've read crossing irises will produce seeds. That didn't happen here

I do have a flower that looks like an iris except it has roots instead of tubors makes seeds, and will grow in water 24/7/365.
George

Rich'sToys · May 11, 2016

I've never tried crossing them myself, but I have a huge iris bed. I've bought many of them from Schreiner's mentioned above. Once you buy from them they send a large catalog every year. It's worth buying from them just to get the catalog! Plus, their quality is by far better than any other catalog I've ordered irises from.
Mine have not started blooming yet--it's still a little early in Minnesota. But here are a few of my favorites from last year.

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