, I ordered Sport Coat, also, Lucy. So far I have all the "sports" planted in one bed......and it's getting a little full, so....guess I'll have to expand it !

Nice choices, Lucy.

Guess you will be forced to do that very thing, Arlyn.

Can you explain what you mean by "sport"? Not heard the term used before. Thanks.

I think he means sport related or sport in the name? Then again, a 'sport' is an offshoot or flower that is different from the others on which it's growing. Lots of new plants are gotten that way.

Second one, I think, Celia.

So with iris, would a sport be an increase that bloomed different than the others? Or did they get seeds? Seems like the odds of a sport producing a viable seed pod would be pretty unlikely.

Leslie, a sport is a vegetative increase, and genetically identical to the parent. Sports can produce seeds, but the seedlings would not be like the parent, just like other hybrids.

A famous one is 'Beverly In White' a sport of pink Beverly Sills. As far as I know it has been used in hybridizing.

Thanks! I thought the odds were way too high for it to produce from seed. Since Arlyn collects sports I take it that they are not too rare of an occurance?

Arlyn, show us your 'sport' bed. I've never seen one.

I got confirmation today from Blue J that Los Coyotes will be my bonus!

Yay Celia!

And I would really like to see some sports, especially with some background, like Lucy gave for Beverly White.

These 3 are going to look great together!

Pretty! I really like Country Dance, which I haven't seen before! And I am a sucker for reds and Burseen's so I say .

(whispers) psst...Mid-America's open for business.

Just ordered:
tb's
Patchwork Puzzle
Stylized
What's New

Sdb's
Bombay Sapphire
Jeopardy

Jan -- can you place an order online for Mid-America? I'm ordering from them this year. Congrats on getting Patchwork Puzzle.

I like Country Dance, too. I needed something to go with Rustler to show it off but pretty in its own right.

OK, This is "Honorabile"....at least SOME of the "experts "say it is , the rest say it is "Sans Souci"....either way, this iris has an obviously unstable gene someplace in it's make-up, because it "sports" quite often.

and this one is "Brown's Mutant"...a *color* sport of Honorabile....size of the flower, height, form, and growth habits are identical, with a difference in color being the only difference.





and this one is "Joseph's Coat Katkamier", another color sport




and this one is "Sherwin-Wright"






and there are a couple more (that I have no pics of, as yet ) besides "Sport Coat" which is a "new" sport, that has just been registered. Besides "color" sports, there are also "texture sports".....color, form, etc., are the same, but they have a "crepe paper" texture to the flower.(check out "Zua")...and then they MAY throw a "color sport ,also....so the end result is a flower of a different color AND texture(check out "Elizabeth Huntington"). As Lucy mentioned, there is "Beverly In White", as well as several others, that are known to *sport*

That is fascinating to me. I have always loved Joseph's Coat, never knew it was a sport.

Arlyn!!