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Mary Ann.. Hopefully a little motivation to do some pollen daubing in the spring even if its to see if you can get some pods.

Marilyn & Sherry.. Thanks !! But none of these are mine all are seedlings from Mid America, Kieth, and Joe except for the 1st one on the left the Pink it is called Star Turn and was one of this years intro's from Joe. I was just lucky enough to be able to take pictures of them in there gardens and wanted to show a sample of what is popping up in there seedling beds hopefully to help enable you all to do some pollen daubing , I would be thrilled to get any of these plants and maybe in the coming years we will see them get a name and will be able to work with them. I spend a lot of time studying the pedigrees of the new ones introduced in the winter this helps when I can't get outside winter boredom is my time to plan crosses and learn about what is a good parent and try to find a pattern somewhere to help me reach my goals our ATP database is also awesome for this simply click on the plant and it lists all the kids it has produced and by studying the parents you get a idea of the quality of the plant you are working with.

Sherry.. Magical is a favorite here it has everything you could want in a Iris, Hence the name and the seedlings Joe has from it are gorgeous. I am really excited to see my plants from it in the spring hopefully can get that form and ruffles in all kinds of colors. It won a Wister medal this year and I would think it would be a sure bet for the Dyke's in the coming years but then again was shocked Gypsy Lord didn't win this year it has almost 50 registered kids and was just introduced in 2006 and every garden I visited had multiple seedlings from it I almost started sending out emails asking for a recount but of course nobody would have listened and I am biased on that one.