Reticulate Iris-2011

[David Nicholson]

With me White Caucasus becomes only bluer.
Today comunicate with Alan McMurtrie, he wrote me that usually plants received from Wim de Goede in first year are of darker incolor, but next season must to get true white color. Will see....
Janis

Janis, hope he's right

[Guff]

Never had any Reticulate Iris before, they are neat looking.

Anyone know which named forms set seed?

1-George
2-George
3-Pauline
4-Pauline

[Gail]

Anyone know which named forms set seed?

I've had seed set on;
I. histrioides Angels Tears
Marguerite
Harmony
JS Dijt
Clairette

[art600]

Anyone know which named forms set seed?

I've had seed set on;
I. histrioides Angels Tears
Marguerite
Harmony
JS Dijt
Clairette

Gail
Did you assist fertilisation, or was it left to Nature?

[PeterT]

I have seedlings from hand pollinated Pauline (which is I bakeriana x I reticulata) and Gordon (which is cantab x bakeriana) self sets with me, as does J S Dijt.

[Gail]

Gail
Did you assist fertilisation, or was it left to Nature?

Paintbrush assisted.

[Lesley Cox]

'Cantab' sets seed here, on its own, in the garden. I once had seed on 'Katharine Hodgkin' but when they flowered (3) the seedlings had dark blue streaks in the standards as if they were virused.

[PeterT]

Thats the seond report I've heard of Katherine Hodgekin setting seed, yet it is supposed to be sterile, I Cantab turned up in a bed of I reticulata cyanea and if it is pure I reticulata, as claimed, should be fertile.

[Gunilla]

I collected seed from  'Lady Beatrix Stanley' 2009 and they have started do germinate now.  Do reticulate irises normally take that long to germinate ?

[PeterT]

I had fresh seed germinate in august last year. Normally at least one automne and winter is needed for dry seed and often two winters

[Guff]

A few more forms opened yesterday. I did pollinate the flowers, time will tell. Thanks for the info.

1-Pixie
2-Alida
3-Harmony

[Lesley Cox]

I find the seed of any reticulate irises to be very erratic with germination, even very fresh seed. Sometimes 2 or 3 years before the first one appears.

[Regelian]

I find the seed of any reticulate irises to be very erratic with germination, even very fresh seed. Sometimes 2 or 3 years before the first one appears.

This is my experience, as well.  I've not yet had germination in less that two Winters.

[Aberdeenshire Quine]

They came through! It just needed sunshine:)

[Maggi Young]

They came through! It just needed sunshine:)

Oh good! I thought they would.