Deryll - That last post had so many great seedlings. You are getting really great at this hybridizing hobby!

Elyce - This Yoga Man X Stenc. Inf seedling looks good, but I like the earlier one you posted even better. I love the Dancing Flamingo X Jefferson Airplane kids! Your purples with watermarks are very nice too!

I'm in the late season now, so only a few more seedlings to bloom. Here are some from the past couple of days:

Kiss of Paradise X Facemaker


August Frost X Winter's Angel has gotten taller than ever (40 inches). This four-year-old had bud counts in the 30s and 40s in the past, but in this strange season, bud counts are only in the 20s. I need to line it out this fall.


Here are some kids from the seedling above that are late bloomers. I like that it can throw round ones and narrow ones.:

(August Frost X Winter's Angel) X Last Snowflake


(August Frost X Winter's Angel) X Rowena Yaeger

Rock Solid x Rock Solid, Seedling RSVXRSV212, FFO (year 2):

Variegated leaves of it:


Another couple of ACAXGG201 to fill the space:

I really like that second one. Nice work!

Amazing seedlings being posted! Congratulations everyone! My seedlings are just getting started here.

Debra, I have noticed the same thing here. I, too, am having disappointing bud count on seedlings that had good bud count previous years. The weather this year has been so wacky, and I guess it has had an effect.

I am pleased with these two which represent small yet important steps forward in my applique program...





While I am mainly working away from purple with appliques, I did do one cross with purple last year. This is a FFE from that cross and it is being dramatic by going poly. What has got my attention is the spackled applique on the sepals. That is pretty unique-- in fact I don't recall ever seeing that before...



I am also working a bit on pinks and this 6" tet has several nice qualities including and especially a very good 4-way scape.

(morning photo)

But here is a subsequent bloom, at end of day, and it's not so nice, and so the hybridizer consternations and conundrums continue...



I actually did one dip cross last year

Morning


Late afternoon
This 7" bloom actually looks pretty decent faded

This has been such a strange year. First, spring sickness the worst ever. Now I am seeing blotchy blooms to an almost unbelievable extent. Even blooms known to be resistant show it terribly. I blame the Canadians. I experienced weeks of smoke haze here from the Canadian wildfires. We even had air quality warnings. I am certain the smoke landed on developing buds and created blotches. A little-known danger of second-hand smoke! LOL!

It's early into my bloom season, but I think I'm seeing the same thing here, branching & budcounts down not only on sdlgs but on reg stuff in the display garden too. Probably to be expected with the drought last summer/fall/winter, long warm fall, crazy up and down temps after thaw, terrible spring sickness here too and now excessive rain. Cloudy, seems we've rarely seen the sun. Some are starting to grow the lower branches but I doubt the budcounts will be up by much. I'm glad for my previous years of records for planning to line certain ones out. They stay lined until they prove themselves again, if not then the compost pile isn't very far away.

Debra, the near white is really pretty! I love sdlgs that can go in any direction you cross them.

Nice variegated Orion! I was thinking of you yesterday when checking my vari sdlgs. There's a couple I call 1/2 & 1/2's, leaves are 1/2 green 1/2 yellow. It's really funny to see the scape do the same with a clear line between the two colors going up the scape then green buds on the green side and yellow on the yellow side! I'll try to get an image whenever this rain stops.

Nice applique's Dennis! Love seeing the different colors and the sepal spackleing.

A few sdlgs open today...busy digging day so not much time to do images.
this is a previous keeper applique sdlg, as you can see I'm still stuck on the purples For now, there should be a few pinks with app's in one of the keeper beds.


lined out relief form, possible intro

these are new tagged relief forms. I'll watch and take more photos then decide in Aug who stays.

Hi Char,
I know what you mean.
My prolif from that seedling last year, now growing outside, is currently showing half-and-half on quite a few leaves:


Here is the current scape there:


The variegation is definitely not so stable. Even on the same fan the pattern changes seemingly at random depending on what mood the plant is in.

Rainy day, all my pollen is gone.
But my dark-scaped seedling is now open and.....yellow
Money Maker x Darker Than Sin, FFE, seedling MMXDTS221:


Earl Porter x Black Panther, FFO (second year), seedling EPXBP213:
Big fans, tall thick scapes. But just a plain flower:


Rock Solid x Rock Solid, FFO (second year), seedling RSVXRSV211:
Sibling to the variegated one, but solid green leaves. Photo from yesterday.

Not surprised that this seedling (grown from seed 2021, planted last year) opened a bloom this morning... FFE... but I was surprised by how large it is. Also, lovely fragrance.



comparison shot, my hand next to it -



Would anyone else say this is possibly bitone? Is there enough shade range between petals and sepals?

You might want to unfurl a sepal to compare color before declaring a bitone...just sayin'

Char - Thanks for the comment on my late blooming near white. I love your purple applique seedling and the pink relief!

SunriseSide said: You might want to unfurl a sepal to compare color before declaring a bitone...just sayin'

Before the sepals curled, earlier in the morning, there was more contrast between sepals and petals... at this point, I was more of the mindset that it does 'not' have enough contrast.

Just looking for another point of view.

adknative,
It does bring up the question of what is enough contrast difference to say it is a bitone?

Matchless Fire by Goldners Bouquet


(Chasing Your Dreams x Going Bananas) x Unknown


Caroline's Song x Hedonist


Creamsicle Cool x Summer Saga


Mama Drama x Purple Goliath


Pink Stripes x Gilded Dragonfly


Pink Stripes x Gilded Dragonfly

Tim, your first whiter Pink Stripes x Gilded Dragonfly is lovely. Very ethereal.

plasko20 said: Tim, your first whiter Pink Stripes x Gilded Dragonfly is lovely. Very ethereal.

Love it!

plasko20 said: Tim, your first whiter Pink Stripes x Gilded Dragonfly is lovely. Very ethereal.

I'm drawn to the Matchless Fire seedling

Thanks Debra! The pink got a step closer to a name after holding up perfectly to the ridiculous amount of rain we had today.
Orion, as far as the changes to the striping of the variation I like it as long as it stays variegated. My 1/2 & 1/2's have stayed 1/2 & 1/2. Are the buds on yours variegated (striped) or is one side of the terminal "V" all green the other all yellow following the divide line on the scape?

Another vote for the lighter Pink Stripes x Gilded Dragonfly. Interesting mix of colors in the image.

Hi Char,
I took a look just now.
On the bud I can maybe see a hint on the tip of the bud being yellow a little but nothing obvious following the half-half line. Yet, anyhow.