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Sep 9, 2017 6:55 PM CST
Name: Elsa
Las Cruces, New Mexico (Zone 8a)
Dog Lover Irises Region: New Mexico Region: Southwest Gardening Region: United States of America
Thanks Robin!!!! Here are my 2016 crosses. These are from Yellow NOID (which I strongly believe is Historical Golden Cataract) X Sue Zee. These are both Intermediates I believe. My goal was to lighten up that green in Sue Zee. But I love everything about Sue Zee so it is also just to get something good from Sue Zee, like the confetti. Now the 2 seedlings that survived my lack of experience, look to be more the size of an SDB than an Intermediate. I have no idea why I decided it was a good idea but I took them out of their container and placed them in the garden. My hope now is that they survive the winter and grow and strengthen.

Funny story on these, is I sent you all a picture to ask in March whether what was sticking out of the ground was even a seedling and you assured me it was. Even now after growing 6 months, they are still very small. Also, so far, there is not really a rhizome. It is more like a little white Onion bulb. Is this normal? Sure hope they survive and someday produce a bloom.

This one is about 2 inches tall
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This one is about 3 1/2 inches tall:
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Do you all think these are SDB's? or Intermediates? Or is it too soon to tell? Do sometimes the Seedlings end up being duds that don't bloom or do pretty much all Irises bloom at some point or other with good care, etc?
If you think there is no more beauty left in the world...Plant a garden!!!

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