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Hon. Seed Distribution Officer: Mrs M.V. Criddle,

5 Storeys Lane, Burgh-le-Marsh, Skegness, Lincolnshire PE24 5LR.

PLEASE NOTE: MARGARET IS NOT ACTUALLY ON EMAIL, but

OVERSEAS AND EUROPEAN MEMBERS may email

seed@britishirissociety.org.uk

UK MEMBERS should write direct to Margaret or telephone her on 01754 811173.

SEED DISTRIBUTION 2017 – 2018

1. Members of the British Iris Society should send £5.00 for up to 10 packets and £5.00 for

each additional ten packets up to a maximum of 40 packets per member. These are

inclusive of postage and packing. All requests for seeds must be accompanied by

payment in Sterling Cash, Postal Orders or Money Orders, US dollars or cheques

payable in sterling drawn on a British Bank and made payable to

The British Iris Society. Payments may now be made to our PayPal account

seed@britishirissociety.org.uk. or see the website.

All cheques, postal and money orders must be payable to the British Iris Society and not

to Margaret herself.

Any letters and the actual orders should go to Margaret at her address above unless they

are emails.

2. A fair division of seeds will be made as soon as possible in January 2018. The

distribution will be made shortly afterwards in the order in which the requests were

received.

3. Please order by number and retain this Seed List for reference: seed will only be

identified by the number on the seed packet. The more substitutes you list the less

likely you are to receive seed which you may not want. All seed is obtained from

members or through their goodwill and, often, the quantity supplied to the BIS is small.

The BIS is grateful for all these contributions.

No responsibility can be accepted for the results as seed comes from many different

sources and it is not always possible to check the accuracy of naming.

4. The BIS Guide ‘Raising Irises from Seed’ is available from Margaret price £2.00

inclusive of postage or £1.50 if included with an order for seeds.

5. When sending seed for any future Seed List do please enclose an alphabetical list of

seed sent with your NAME, ADDRESS, EMAIL ADDRESS, and TELEPHONE

NUMBER ALL CLEARLY WRITTEN; REMEMBER ALSO THAT THE LIST

AND, PREFERABLY, THE SEEDS SHOULD REACH MARGARET BY THE 1st

OCTOBER.

6. Some of the seed in the list is open pollinated - that is by insects which may bring pollen

from another plant - so it cannot be guaranteed to come true to name, especially in

sections where irises hybridise very readily, such as the Californicae. Where seed has

come from a named cultivar, the seedlings will probably not look identical to the parent.

Seedlings from a named cultivar will probably differ from the parent(s), but even if they

do look alike they must not be called by the parent's name as only divisions of the

named plant are entitled to that name.

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7. For all species, or reputed species, plants are shown in italics. Cultivars are shown in

normal type. Where both parents of the seeds are known they are shown and may be

followed by 'HP' to show that the pod parent was hand pollinated by the grower. Where

an 'x' appears before the cultivar name only the pod parent is known. In general species

forms do not hybridise easily with other species of another series so that, except where

the donor has several varieties of a species in close proximity, the 'x' may be left out. In

some species collected forms are so distinctive that they are given cultivar names and

appear in normal type.

8. In the lists a 'c.' before a geographic location indicates that the parent plant was collected

in the wild; 'dwf' indicates a dwarf form, usually of a species; 'ex' before the name of a

place or person shows where the parent plant was obtained from and gives some idea of

the reliability of the identification. The abbreviations 'dip' and „tet‟ stand for diploid and

tetraploid usually in connection with cultivars and inter-specific crosses; S.A. is Space

Ager; F1, F2, F3 are successive generations in line breeding; e, m, l and vl indicate

flowering time. ?? ?? in the donors column means unidentified source.

THE GENUS IRIS

SUBGENUS IRIS

1A SECTION IRIS

001. amoena/variegata ABW UK

002. marsica (old seed) JPW USA

003. reginae/variegata ABW UK

004. sambucina/variegata ABW UK

005. (subbiflora x revoluta) old seed RB Aus

006. variegata c. 1995/2902 ABW UK

HYBRIDS

STANDARD DWARF BEARDED

007. x yellow luminata OP OW UK

008. mixed OP OW UK

INTERMEDIATE BEARDEDS

009. x „Chiddingstone‟ OP OW UK

010. x „Shirley Chandler‟ OP OW UK

011. x (gold amoena x P12 salmon amoena TB) OP OW UK

012. mixed cvs. OP OW UK

MINIATURE TALL BEARDEDS

013. x reds OP OW UK

014. mixed OP OW UK

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BORDER BEARDEDS

015. x brown & gold OP OW UK

016. x white, yellow beard OP OW UK

TALL BEARDEDS

017. x „Andalou‟ x self HP CC Spain

018. x „Brazilian Holiday‟ x „Cerchi Sull‟Aqua HP CC Spain

019. x „Crimson Tiger‟ x „Holy Kosmoly‟ HP CC Spain

020. x „Day on the Bay‟ x self HP CC Spain

021. x „Day on the Bay‟ x „Designer‟s Art‟ HP CC Spain

022. x „Designer‟s Art‟ HP CC Spain

023. x „Godinton‟ OP OW UK

024. x „Greensand Way‟ OP OW UK

025. x „Holy Kosmoly‟ x self HP CC Spain

026. x „Holy Kosmoly‟ x self HP (old seed) CC Spain

027. x „Holy Kosmoly‟ x „Autumn Years‟ HP CC Spain

028. x „Hotdogs and Mustard‟ x self HP CC Spain

029. x „Hotdogs and Mustard‟ x self HP (old seed) CC Spain

030. x „Leeds Castle‟ OP OW UK

031. x „Lorelei‟ (historic) CC Spain

032. x „Okapi Poppy‟ sdlg. x self HP CC Spain

033. x „Old Black Magic‟ (2016 seed) HvK Germany

034. x „Ostrogoth‟ sdlg (SA) x self HP CC Spain

035. x „Ostrogoth‟ x self HP (old seed) CC Spain

036. x „Parisian Blue‟ x self HP CC Spain

037 x „Provencal‟ x self HP CC Spain

038. x brown sdlgs. mixed OP OW UK

039. x unnamed amoena x self HP CC Spain

040. x unnamed black x self HP CC Spain

041. x unnamed blue x self HP CC Spain

042. x unnamed variegata x self HP CC Spain

043. x unnamed violet x self HP CC Spain

044. x unnamed yellow plicata x self HP CC Spain

045. x historic bitone x self HP CC Spain

046. x historic light lavender bitone x self HP CC Spain

047. x historic orange HP CC Spain

048. x historic white & purple x self HP CC Spain

049. x unnamed yellow Space Ager x self HP (old seed) CC Spain

050. x unnamed red OP OW UK

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051. mixed HP & OP CC Spain

052. mixed OP OW UK

SUBGENUS LIMNIRIS

2(a) SECTION LOPHIRIS

053. confusa blue ABW UK

054. confusa (old seed) ABW UK

055. confusa x ? small light blue fls. (old seed) ABW UK

056. confusa x sdlg. similar to „Japo-Watt‟ RB Australia

057. x „Martyn Rix‟ ABW UK

058. x „Martyn Rix‟ (old seed) RB Australia

059. x „Twiddle‟ (old seed) ABW UK

060. cristata „Edgar Anderson‟ OP JPW USA

061. cristata „Precious Pearl‟ OP palest blue (old seed) JPW USA

062. cristata „Sam‟s Mini‟ OP small blue-violet JPW USA

063. cristata mixed blues & violets OP JPW USA

064. gracilipes OP JPW USA

065. japonica x „Fairyland‟ RB Australia

066. milesii BM UK

067. milesii NZIS NZ

068. tectorum ex Bhutan ABW UK

069. tectorum DF UK

070. wattii HP, wild coll. Guizhou Province, China (old seed) JPW USA

SERIES TRIPETALAE

071. hookeri JH UK

072. setosa alba OP (old seed) HvK Germany

073. setosa x ‘All Stripes‟ JPW USA

074. setosa x „Lavendelrosa‟ (old seed) HvK Germany

075. setosa x „Tourist‟ JPW USA

076. setosa blue (old seed) HvK Germany

077. setosa blue, late HvK Germany

078. setosa lavender HvK Germany

079. setosa light blue HvK Germany

080. setosa tet. dark blue, early HvK Germany

081. setosa tet. blue x pink OP (old seed) MMW UK

082. setosa mixed (old seed) BC UK

083. tridentata mixed (old seed) JPW USA

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2B(e) SERIES SIBIRICAE

28-Chromosome Species

084. sanguinea (old seed) NZIS NZ

085. sanguinea „Kamayama‟ (old seed) CC Spain

086. sibirica forms blue/white HvK Germany

087. sibirica OP (old seed) CC Spain

088. typhifolia (old seed) ABW UK

SIBERIAN HYBRIDS, DIPLOID

089. x ‘Ashfield Clementine‟ flat form A&JW UK

090. x „Baby Sister‟ BC UK

091. x „Baby Sister‟ A&JW UK

092. x „Banish Misfortune‟ A&JW UK

093. x „Bramble Smoothie‟ A&JW UK

094. x „Caesar‟s Brother‟ (old seed) BC UK

095. x „Dorotka‟ BC UK

096. x „Dreaming Spires‟ (old seed) BC UK

097. x „Elinor Hewitt‟ JH UK

098. x „Enid Burgoyne‟ A&JW UK

099. x „Gentle Lass‟ (old seed) BC UK

100. x „Granny Jean‟ BC UK

101. x „Head Start‟ BC UK

102. x „Here Be Dragons‟ A&JW UK

103. x „Hohe Warte‟ A&JW UK

104. x „Huntress‟ A&JW UK

105. x „Jerry Murphy‟ BC UK

106. x „Kent Pilgrim‟ OP OW UK

107. x „Langthorns Pink‟ A&JW UK

108. x „Legendtraum‟ (? unreg.) HvK Germany

109. x „Little Centennial‟ JH UK

110. x „Marcus Perry‟ A&JW UK

111. x „Marek Antoniusz‟ BC UK

112. x „Mrs Rowe‟ (old seed) A&JW UK

113. x „My Love‟ (old seed) LK Poland

114. x „Pennywhistle‟ BC UK

115. x „Pink Haze‟ A&JW UK

116. x „Purple Sand‟ BC UK

117. x „Reddy or Not‟ BC UK

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118. x „Reddy or Not‟ HvK Germany

119. x „Rikugi Sakura‟ flat form BC UK

120. x „Rossandel‟ A&JW UK

121. x „Rowden Aurelius‟ (old seed) BC UK

122. x „Salamander Crossing‟ A&JW UK

123. x „Shrawley‟ A&JW UK

124. x „Siobhan‟ BC UK

125. x „Snow Prince‟ JPW USA

126. x „Sound and Spirit‟ (old seed) BC UK

127. x „Sugar Sprite‟ BC UK

128. x „Sugar Sprite‟ JPW USA

129. x „Swank‟ A&JW UK

130. x „Trim the Velvet‟ (old seed) BC UK

131. x „Vi Luihn‟ (old seed) BC UK

132. x „Violet Repeat‟ (old seed) BC UK

133. x „Wealden Delight‟ OP OW UK

134. x „Wczesny Poranek‟ (old seed) BC UK

135. x sdlg. (yellow/lavender‟) x „Miss Apple‟ HvK Germany

136. x sdlg. (cream, broad F.) x sdlg. (yellow) HvK Germany

137. x best yellow sdlgs. (2016 seed) HvK Germany

138. x tall, good blue (old seed) ABW UK

139. x sdlg. ex „Huntress‟ (old seed) OP CC Spain

140. x sdlg. ex „Little Centennial‟ (old seed) CC Spain

141. x sdlg. 1142/4, yellow, ex „Lucy Locket‟ OP (old seed) HvK Germany

142. x white, tall DF UK

SIBERIAN HYBRIDS, TETRAPLOID

143. x ‘Atlantic Crossing‟ BC UK

144. x „Band of Angels‟ NZIS NZ

145. x „Blaue Milchstrasse‟ BC UK

146. x „Bournemouth Ballgown‟ (old seed) BC UK

147. x „Bournemouth Beauty‟ BC UK

148. x „Cleedownton‟ A&JW UK

149. x „Coronation Anthem‟ (old seed) BC UK

150. x „Cristobal‟ BC UK

151. x „Joyce Cole‟ BC UK

152. x „Lavendelwein‟ A&JW UK

153. x „Lavendelwein‟ HvK Germany

154. x „Madeleine Hamilton‟ (old seed) BC UK

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155. x „Margaret Gillian‟ BC UK

156. x „Moon Dazzle‟ BC UK

157. x „Peter Hewitt‟ BC UK

158. x „Ruby Kiss‟ BC UK

159. x „Shall We Dance‟ A&JW UK

160. x „Space Filled‟ HvK UK

161. x „Stephen Wilcox‟ BC UK

162. x „Taldra‟ (old seed) BC UK

163. x „Tranquility Base‟ (old seed) BC UK

164. x „Weinkoenigin‟ (old seed) JS UK

HP CROSSES, TETRAPLOID

165. x ‘A Cappella‟ x „Taldra‟ BC UK

166. x „Atlantic Crossing‟ x „Peter Hewitt‟ BC UK

167. x „Blaue Milchstrasse‟ x „Dear Currier‟ BC UK

168. x „Blaue Milchstrasse‟ x „Tranquility Base‟ (old seed) BC UK

169. x „Bournemouth Ballgown‟ x „Life is Good‟ BC UK

170. x „Bournemouth Ballgown‟ x „My First Kiss‟ (old seed) BC UK

171. x „Bournemouth Ballgown‟ x „Peter Hewitt‟ BC UK

172. x „Bournemouth Ballgown‟ x „Prussian Blue‟ BC UK

173. x ‘Bournemouth Ballgown‟ x „Taldra‟ BC UK

174. x „Bournemouth Ballgown‟ x „Tranquility Base‟ BC UK

175. x „Bournemouth Beauty‟ x „Peter Hewitt‟ (old seed) BC UK

176. x „Dear Currier‟ x „Blaue Milchstrasse‟ BC UK

177. x „Dear Currier‟ x „Bournemouth Ballgown‟ BC UK

178. x „Krolowa Nocy‟ x „Tranquility Base‟ BC UK

179. x „Life is Good‟ x „Blaue Milchstrasse‟ BC UK

180. x „Madeleine Hamilton‟ x „Taldra‟ (old seed) BC UK

181. x „Prussian Blue‟ x „Life Is Good‟ BC UK

182. x „Stephen Wilcox‟ x „Taldra‟ (old seed) BC UK

183. x „Stone Flower‟‟ x „Tranquility Base‟ BC UK

184. x „Strawberry Fair‟ x „Dear Currier‟ BC UK

185. x „Strawberry Fair‟ x „Peter Hewitt‟ BC UK

186. x „Strawberry Fair‟ x „Stephen Wilcox‟ BC UK

187. x „Tranquility Base‟ x „Peter Hewitt‟ BC UK

188. x „Tranquility Base‟ x „Taldra‟ BC UK

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SIBERIAN CVS. MIXED

189. mixed blues MVC UK

190. mixed diploids JH UK

191. mixed HK UK

192. mixed MVC UK

193. mixed tetraploid sdlgs. HvK Germany

40-CHROMOSOME SPECIES

194. bulleyana (old seed) CC Spain

195. chrysographes „Rubella‟ JH UK

2B (f) SERIES CALIFORNICAE

SPECIES

196. douglasiana coll. California (old seed) CC Spain

HYBRIDS

197. x „Blue Bossa‟ A&JW UK

198. x „Mendocino Banner‟ OP (old seed) CC Spain

199. x Ghio‟s mixed (old seed) CC Spain

200. x blue unnamed OP (old seed) CC Spain

201. x honey brown RB Australia

202. x pink, good clumper RB Australia

203. x pinks mixed (old seed) CC Spain

204. x pink & red mixed (old seed) CC Spain

205. x yellow, veined NZIS NZ

206. x yellow & purple NZIS NZ

207. x mixed sdlgs. NZIS NZ

208. mixed ex Monterey Iris Soc. USA (old seed) CC Spain

2B (h) SERIES LAEVIGATAE

SPECIES & HYBRIDS

209. ensata (ex RISC, originally wild coll.) JPW USA

210. x „Gensokotei‟x „R.B.C.‟ HP HS Japan

211. x „Gesskoku‟x R.B.C.‟ HP HS Japan

212. x „Hado‟ x „R.B.C.‟ HP HS Japan

213. x „Kindachi‟ x „R.B.C.‟ HP HS Japan

214. x „Meibaku‟ x „R.B.C.‟ HP HS Japan

215. x „Mizube-no-tuki‟ x „R.B.C.‟ HP HS Japan

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216. x „Momogasumi‟ OP MVC UK

217. x „Nami-no-pezi‟ x „R.B.C.‟ HP HS Japan

218. x “Reversed bicolor” OP HS Japan

219. x „Rose Queen‟ OP RB Australia

220. x „Schichiku‟ x „Hakuto-washi‟ HP HS Japan

221. x „Veined Artistry‟ OP NZIS NZ

222. x „Yami-no-ne‟ x „R.B.C.‟ HP HS Japan

223. x „Yofuki-no-sato‟ x „R.B.C.‟ HP HS Japan

224. x „Yoishigure‟ x „R.B.C.‟ HS Japan

225. x „Yukine-no-Yado‟ x self HP (old seed) HS Japan

226. x unknown cv. MVC UK

227. x tall mid blue DF UK

228. x mixed cvs. A&JW UK

229. x mixed cvs (old seed) NZIS NZ

230. laevigata „Rowden Starlight‟ OP JH UK

231. maackii „Jin Yu‟ A&JW UK

232. pseudacorus MVC UK

233. pseudacorus x “Lemon Queen” MVC UK

234. pseudacorus x “Sushi” A&JW UK

235. pseudacorus hybrid „Roy Davidson‟ MVC UK

236. versicolor DF UK

237. versicolor HK UK

238. versicolor coll. Gatineau Hills, Quebec (old seed) AMcM Canada

239. x „Between the Lines‟ OP JPW USA

240. x „Cat Mousam‟ (old seed) JPW USA

241. x „Epic Poem‟ OP JPW USA

242. x „Light Verse‟ OP JPW USA

243. x „Party Line‟ OP JPW USA

244. x „Versicle‟ OP JPW USA

245. x „Whodunit‟ OP JPW USA

246. mixed cvs. HK UK

247. versicolor x virginica black stems (old seed) RB Australia

248. virginica (old seed) CC Spain

2B (i) SERIES HEXAGONAE

HYBRIDS

249. x „Dixie Deb‟ MVC UK

250. x deep violet blue MVC UK

251. mixed hybrids (old seed) NZIS NZ

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2B (j) SERIES PRISMATICAE

252. prismatica OP JPW USA

253. x „Exeter‟ OP JPW USA

2B (k) SERIES SPURIAE

SPECIES

254. crocea HK UK

255. graminea OP (old seed) JPW USA

256. graminea var. pseudocyperus (old seed) NZIS NZ

257. kerneriana OP OW UK

258. lilacina ABW UK

259. orientalis (old seed) RB Australia

260. orientalis (old seed) NS France

261. sintenesii (old seed) JPW USA

262. sintenesii „Eco Gardens Clone‟ JPW USA

263. sintenisii var. brandzae SP 95-96 OP (old seed) JPW USA

264. spuria subsp. carthaliniae A&JW UK

265. spuria subsp. carthaliniae „Georgian Delicacy‟ JPW USA

266. spuria subsp. maritima (old seed) NZIS NZ

HYBRIDS and MIXED

267. x pale blue, tall NZIS NZ

268. x purple, unknown (old seed) NZIS NZ

269. x white HK UK

270. x yellow MVC UK

271. x „Frigiya‟ A&JW UK

272. x „Imperial Sun‟ (old seed) A&JW UK

273. x „Lenkoran‟ (old seed) A&JW UK

274. x „Missouri Star‟ (old seed) NZIS NZ

275. x „Missouri Streams‟ (old seed) NZIS NZ

276. mixed HK UK

277. mixed OP (old seed) CC Spain

2B (l) SERIES FOETIDISSIMAE (XYRIDION)

278. foetidissima No.1 MVC UK

279. foetidissima No.2 MVC UK

280. foetidissima blue ABW UK

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2B (n) SERIES ENSATAE

281. lactea x ‘Redundant‟ blue/violet & white, repeater (old seed) JPW USA

282. lactea x „Tough Cookie‟ (old seed) JPW USA

283. lactea mixed blue/violet and white JPW USA

2B (p) SERIES UNGUICULARES

284. lazica (old seed) NS France

285. unguicularis dark purple form BM UK

SUBGENUS XIPHIUM

286. xiphium var. lusitanica (old seed) CL UK

SUBGENUS SCORPIRIS

287. aucheri (old seed) LH Denmark

288. magnifica (old seed) LH Denmark

289. magnifica „Blue Dream‟ (old seed) LH Denmark

290. magnifica „Virginity‟ (old seed) LH Denmark

291. (magnifica x willmottiana) OP (old seed) LH Denmark

292. (magnifica var. alba x willmottiana)

x Anden Klon similar selected clone (old seed) LH Denmark

293. planifolia MB France

294. (vicaria ex AMC x magnifica „Virginity‟) x self (old seed) LH Denmark

295. Juno sp. (old seed) LH Denmark

SUBGENUS HERMODACTYLOIDES

296. tuberosa MB France

297. tuberosa (old seed) RB Australia

INTERSERIES HYBRIDS

298. x norrisii (Pardanthopsis x Belamcanda) mixed named clones

& sdlgs of merit JPW USA

299. Interseries hybrid, details lost MVC UK

OTHER IRIDACEAE

300. Babiana villosa NZIS NZ

301. Babiana blue HR Australia

302. Dierama pink 5ft. HK UK

303. Dierama deep pink/purple (old seed) BC UK

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304. Dierama tall pink (old seed) MVC UK

305. Dietes grandiflora MB France

306. Ennealophus euryandrus MB France

307. Ferraria crispa MB France

308. Freesia (Anomatheca) laxa „Joan Evans‟ NZIS NZ

309. Gladiolus splendens MB France

310. Herbertia lahue MB France

311. Herbertia lahue TA Japan

312. Libertia 3ft MVC UK

313. Libertia 4ft MVC UK

314. Moraea polystachya MB France

315. Moraea serpentina (yellow) HR Australia

316. Romulea atrandra NZIS NZ

317. Sparaxis mixed colours RB Australia

318. Sungratium cuneirole MB France

319. Syringodea derustensis MB France

320. Tigridia alba NZIS NZ

321. Tigridia chiapensis BM UK

322. Watsonia dwarf sdlgs. mixed NZIS NZ

Non-Irid: Amaryllidaceae

323. Pancratium canariense MB France

Old Seeds

So that this list is not inconveniently long, a number of older seeds are not included but they

are still available and a list of them (mainly beardless irises) can be supplied on request. UK

members should ask Margaret for it. Please send a stamped addressed envelope or ask for it

to be enclosed with your seeds. Overseas members can also ask for it to be added to seed

orders or it can be sent by email – send your request to jennifer.hewitt135@btinternet.com

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