I was smitten by an intro last year byPaul Black called Cast a Tall Shadow
and its sib Blackberry Bandit he intro'd this year
Which is Haunted Heart X Clotho's Web
So I decided to make my own. I have a few pods on that
Since it was handy, I also did a cross of Clotho to Reckless Abandon and Mood Ring and got a pod of each. What will that be like? Who knows.
I continued with my Aristocracy project - got a pod from crossing it with Haunted Heart. The Smoke and Thunder cross failed. I never would have thought about crossing Smoke and Thunder with Class Ring. Maybe I'll try that next year - Paul's seedling is stunning.
I had just 2 blooms on my Festival of Lights
and crossed that on Haunted Heart too. HH bloomed really heavily this year - and got a pod!!!
Speaking of bee pods - I've never had one that had seeds in it. This year I had quite a few, including on Aristocracy. They all rotted and fell off except one, on "So Excited" - we'll see what happens... I guess I must be the only one who loves that iris, it's a 2020 intro and Mid America no longer lists it.
