Not much going on here but rain almost everyday the last month, the wettest July I can remember.
This is a one year old reblooming.
BUDDY'S WILD AND WONDERFUL X RED WIGGLER 10x36

LAKE TAHOE AUTUMN X LILLIAN'S JINGER BRED 6"

Very nice Fred. I really like LAKE TAHOE AUTUMN X LILLIAN'S JINGER BRED

I am not normally a pastel kinda person, but I agree with Michelle ~Jan

... so today I no sedlings to show... but I like to show my useful tool for fertilization ...

















so thats the way I create Seedlings of 2016

Nice little tool. Beats holding the stamen in your mouth like I do.

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and same that i do.... here, tall Altissima - wildform




it´s also useful to catch hoverfly

This LADY DUCK second year seedling reblooming yesterday.

Gorgeous Fred and Doris/David!

Hans, that is a really nice tool! Better than the tweezers that I have always used!

I love that perfect pastel too!

These are two I have flagged to use for hybridizing next year
I do not like the flower on either one but both have a great scape.
EMMA'S CURLS X LOOPY LOO 8" 1 year old

scape to the above

BILOXI STAR GLOW X LILLIAN KATHLEEN 6" 2 year old

scape to the above, there is a third set of scapes coming up at the bottom of the photo.

I wanted to show 2 different pictures of this seedling. The first picture is what it looks like with hotter days and warm nights. The second picture was taken on a chilly low 60's morning. It is much darker in color.

SEEDLING JESTER'S COLLAR X WILLIE BELLE

Beautiful both ways -- can't beat that!

I'd take either one! Both colors are gorgeous!

Thanks

this is one of my faforit seedling, bloomed on 6th






han

Beautiful. Love it.

Hans, that is GORGEOUS!!!!!

Fred...are you more likely to dab pollen on the seedling with the great scape, use it's pollen on other plants or both methods to try and get that great branching? Thanks

Very nice seedlings Fred, Hemlady, Casshigh and Hans.

I will use the good scape as the pod parent most of the time, I am wanting to change the flower and keep the scape. The pollen parent will also have a decent scape with a flower that's larger with better color. I may never get anything any better, but then again I may.

Here is an example that destroyed the scape
when crossing two great flowers. I was looking
for something larger than the parents, which I got,
but lost the scape in the process. Two year old.
FLORENCE DENNY X NICOLES ELEPHANT EAR 9.50 inch's 6 buds