All super lovely blooms especially the Avedon seedling number 1, and Dave's
S18-109.

Really like the dark eyed recurve Avedon, all are nice.

HB04-19 ( WILD DREAMS X MARY LOIS BURKETT) X MARY LOIS BURKETT X LILLIAN'S RAINBOW AT DAWN) 3" mini and a sib to LILLIAN'S PRIZE PROSESSION 2020.

Fred, that is a little beauty

Doesn't Fred make lovely seedlings? All of them are wonderful, and to all for your comments about my seedlings. I have two to show today:


Moon Over Monterey/Dragonfly Dawn #8. Of the eight seedlings produced by this cross, this is the only one that has shown the DD-type patterned eye. This is the first flower ever, from the 2016 planting. I doubt this one will stay around very long. I notice very few of my seedlings have taller scapes, most are short. Same as the next one:


Dragonfly Dawn/Thundercat#4--this is almost identical to #5 except for the color, which I'm not sure what it is, peach/pink/tan blend? But the scape is even shorter than #5, so these will most likely be removed at the end of the bloom season.

Yesterday morning FFOs. These show you never know what you will get out of a cross.
S18-18 ['Rainbow Radiance' x 'Spider Spirits'] X ['Spider Spirits' x 'Rainbow Radiance'].


S17-64 'Joyce Broussard' x seedling. A sibling to previous post.


S19-41 FFE a pale yellow NOID seedling x 'Super Fancy Face'


S17-168 ['Seductor' x 'Key To Treasures'] x Unknown. The pod parent was unremarkable but had good genes


S18-173 Seedling x 'Licorice Twist' Interesting form and color out of 'Licorice Twist'. Most of my similar seedlings are UF and darker out of this cross. Flowers have always recurved.

This,is a 3 yrear old rescue. I have had for two yrs. I took it from not good enoughs at JTM gardens. It is a cross of Aunt Pollys Paddle and Banana Smoothie. Branching and bud count is crazy. It is short, but scapes comes above fans. I call it Not da Banana











What do yall think? I just love it

You should cross it with a taller UF or self it and see what happens.

Very neat yellow, Roger. Here is My Heart Belongs To Daddy/? #2, the yellow I thought I would toss. Today it just happened to bloom three lovely big flowers, so it may get to hang on a little longer.




All three are almost exactly the same size and shape.

Love the look of that seedling, Roger! And another beauty, Avedon! I'm such a sucker for yellows -- my eyes are always drawn to them in the garden...

I've now gotten blooms on both of my favorite seedlings that first bloomed last year, and I still am enthused about them. My number one seedling to date is the one in my avatar, a seedling from the cross WILD DREAMS x FASHION ICON, and here is its first bloom for the second season:

This bloom was a little darker than I remembered, but I did have it on my back porch to keep it away from the rain so that might have affected the coloring a little bit; and it appears a little lighter in the pictures than it actually was.

And my second favorite is from the cross RUFFLED PINK PERFECTION x WONDER OF IT ALL, and here is today's bloom:


Another bloom on that fourth sibling from my PORT ORANGE x LILLIAN'S STUFF AND SUCH cross, and the coloring is much better and deeper on this one.


And a duo on the apricot seedling from the same cross. I didn't like it at all at first, and I'm not sure what I think of it now, but I do like the edging...


And my smaller flowered bright orange seedling from the cross FLAMES OF BEAUTY x DR CELIA STUMP is now beginning to show a few teeth, so again I put frozen BITES LIKE A THOUSAND TEETH pollen on it. Sure hope it takes...


And here is an interesting seedling that I just discovered late yesterday afternoon. It had been raining off and on all day with a high temp around 65, and I just happened to glance at my seedling patch from my kitchen window and this one caught my attention:

And I really like what I could see from the top two petals! The cross is JOSIE x BLUE DARLING, and I purchased the seeds from James (JWWC) back in 2014. So I'll be keeping m eye on this one...

Avedon, Karen or Roger, those are great yellows!

:drool: all over the keyboard Betty for those first two.

Betty, Avedon and Roger all of these seedlings are drool worthy

Betty, I hope I get to have at least half of the fun you're having when some of my babies bloom this summer

Avedon You don't see all the ones I don't post, have a lot more dogs than good ones. DRAGONFLY DAWN'S scape was never very tall for me. love the eye in the second one. That yellow is also nice.

That is a nice seedling out of BANANNA SMOOTHIE, the rebloom scapes may be taller, I had several plants with short scapes on first bloom.

Your right Dave, I have seedlings blooming that I scratch my head and dought that I have the cross written down.

Betty you need to send me a piece of that first seeding, I am still using FASHION ICON and WILD DREAMS so I am going to make that cross today just in case you forget to send me some. All of them are very nice, except that last one, it's a little iffy.

HB01-19 MOON SWORN X COFFEE TO GO 3"

LILLIAN'S HOT AND SPICY X SUBURBAN CAREY ROBERTS 5"

to all the beautiful seedlings above, great work!! Here's a surprise when I walked out in the garden this morning:


Electric Mist/Dragonfly Dawn #2. This is the first flower and I never expected to see anything from this plant. It is really wimpy, only one fan produced in two and a half years. I was going to toss it last year, but husband wanted to keep it, so he does get to see something from it.

Here are some interesting seedlings from this morning

S17-81 'Joyce Broussard' x seedling; sib to earlier postings
a reverse bitone with patterned eye that is completely different on the sepals.
the only one of the sibs so show this exotic eye


S19-34 [Wizard's Puzzle x Unknown] x Wizard's Puzzle 2FO


S19-30 'Larry Grace' x seedling 2FO The color is close but the camera just cannot seem to capture the real color even with an adjusted white balance

@ Betty do that first seedling.
do you have any bud count or size / height information?

@ Fred I particularly like the second one. I am a fan of watermarks, especially on darker petals

Well, I am so behind. Been cleaning decks and outdoor furniture.

But Avedon, Dragonfly Dawn x Thundercat #4 is quite fetching. Maybe
when the plant is more developed the scapes will be taller. And, those
yellows are breathtaking. They do jump out in all that beautiful green
foliage.

Dave, those are very striking pinks you have there. Lovely blooms.
Your S17-81 Joyce Broussard x sdlg. is absolutely spectacular. Love
the colors.

Digger, I think the yellow unusual form is awesome. Love those long
beautiful buds, and there are so many of them. Also, I think the scape
height is just fine. Always a good height for placement in many garden designs.

Betty, your Wild Dreams x Fashion Icon is for sure a pulchritudinous blossom.
I think that one deserves a long lettered descriptive. All the others are
impressive too, especially Ruffled Pink Perfection x Wonder of it All, and the blazing orange Flames of Beauty x Dr. Celia Stump.

Fred, both of those are adorable as is usual for you. First-rate beauties with
awesome designs. Very impressive. Love the colors of both on Moon Sworn x
Coffee to Go and Lillian's Hot and Spicy x Suburban Carey Roberts.

There are so many gorgeous flowers this year. Kinda makes us want them
all, doesn't it?

Blooming this morning


This one has the above as the pollen parent


FFO for the second scape.


FFO Yes it really is this color


Not particularly attractive but hoping it passes on the bicolor


FFO Interesting how the eye overlays part of the throat


FFO NOID x Key to Treasures sib. This one is the best performer.

Dave, all of those are outstanding, but #3 pic is a
beauty to behold. Fantastic blossom! Fantastic color!