Iris Pollination

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  1. Kandy

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    Is there anyone that can help me in getting some of my various Iris plants to set seed.I have tried doing it with a paintbrush and a pair of tweezers taking the pollen and transfering it but to no avail.
    I have mainly tall bearded Iris.My Siberian Iris are pollinated by the bees, but they cannot get into the bearded ones, so I have to keep splitting them up.
    I read somewhere that with all the breeding going on, it is making a lot of the plant types sterile.

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