I agree with that philosophy, Gabe. So far I have not made any crosses...... just planted what the bees have crossed. If you are going to go to the effort, and time. to make an iris you should have a goal in mind. Otherwise, you will just get a ho-hum iris that may be pretty but not any of the outstanding new creations like you have been seeing on the other threads here. In selecting irises to cross look at their parentage. Even when you see a gorgeous iris registered with one parent X, or unknown, the known parent is one that has been hybridized for iris generations for desired qualities.
