Your right Karen, things have come a long way.

This is my first selection to move to the hybridizing area this fall to work with and watch for another year. Its a two year with a great scape and 4-5 fans.
HB01-21 (Lillian's Hot And Spicy x Veined Variations) 3.50" Very pod and pollen fertile.

A cutie pie, Fred! For some reason, all those rings reminded me of ribbon jello:)

Fred that is gorgeous!!!

Beautiful!

'Special Ovation' x 'Power Surge': I planted several seeds that were of the same cross together and this is the second seedling in that little clump to bloom, similar to the first, but this one has a very colorful and frilly edge, that the other one did not have. Looking forward to seeing more blooms and if they improve.

I have quite a few plants from this cross in a few different locations, this one is in full sun, and the color fastness of the red bloom is really impressive.

Ed Brown x UNK: A large purplish red bloom

Victorian Princess x Feather Woman: This is some improvement over the first bloom. The label in the photo belongs to the plant behind it. I seem to have screwed up on the cross, and I have a lot of seedlings labeled like that. Victorian Princess is a Dip x Reforma Boulevard is a Tet.


Edited to add: I just looked over my Abbreviations for my hybridizing and I think I marked the labels with an RB(Reforma Boulevard), and it should have been RR (Red Ribbons).

Thanks Everyone
I have did the same thing with labels Larry, there have been times when I couldn't read my own writing. Nice Reds.

First bloom (Moon Sworn x Lillian's Alabama Stud) 5"

Larry very pretty!

Fred that is another stunning flower!

Nice seedlings, Larry and Fred.

very nice, both of you!

Super nice ones, Larry and Fred.

First bloom Lillian's Hot and Spicy x Lillian's Alabama Stud 5.50"

First Bloom Lillian's Ivory Tower x Veined Variations 6"

Nice Fred! Curious to how you feel about the pinching on the first one?

Love those last two, Fred -- especially that second one!

I had some blooms in the seedling bed today.
Another seedling from the cross 'Collard Dream' x 'Fire On The Mountain": Most of these seedlings are showing a beautiful red, this one is in a more shaded location so it will not be a good test for how well it holds the color, the one in full sun has been great so far.

Had this bloom in the 2017 seedling bed, the markers were gone, but I think it is a cross with Planet Max crossed with something. It seems to be developing some nice branching on a tall scape.

Stan I am not fond of that form, hope if relaxes some.

(Lillian's Richter Scale X Lillian's Alabama Stud) 4"

I didn't think you were. Hope it settles down. The pattern is amazing, but all of your patterns are.

Nice blooms Larry.

Very nice Larry and Fred

Finally, a non-Stella bloom this morning. Aphids destroyed 80+% of the buds on this plant this year. Records say it is a seedling x Butterscotch Ruffles. I only keep it since it is EE in my TX yard.


Earliest non-Stella bloom was 2 May last year so a week earlier this year.

I walked out in the seedling beds today and noticed this purple bloom seedling had a ton of buds, so I took a closer look. It was a fused scape, looked like two maybe three together, but still not a really flat looking scape like a fused scape often looks. A little disappointed that the bud count won't be like that on all the scapes, but it did have three lateral branches on it. I don't recall having a fused scape with lateral branches.

Also had this bright bi-color.

Second year bloom on this one... pretty face, but scape lacks a lot!

Sweet Dixie x Triple Cherries