Me too, Fred! Betcha you were surprised to see this flower poly? Great form, color, and toothy edge. Very, very, nice.

wow you are going to have a run on dental floss there!

Glen, thanks, the seedling is just a couple of baby steps away from its parents in looks, but I like the sepal ruffling and color. I'm still "building the foundations of the house" so to speak, so I gotta enjoy each step of they way, learning to walk before I skip and run ahead. Do you have any seedlings blooming yet?

Rose f Kennedy X super fancy face dip :)

Unk seedling

8miles high X Randy Stephens

Tink seedling Debrary canary X absolute ripper, stretched out its about 11.75 inch bloom

What a monster bloom that is!

Wow! Some real beauties in the seedlings I've gone through here. I think WILD DREAMS x ROSE F KENNEDY is one of my all time favorites. What a unique shade.

Forgot to add, Hans, is the purple one color-fast in the sun? Looks like it would be, and I'm always interested in what is behind the surface.

Kidfishing - You are getting some really nice toothy seedlings! I really like that Rose F. Kennedy X Fancy Face too!

Tina, I should have 28 seedlings blossoming this spring. Touch wood.

Woooooo! Got some upside downers in the wings!!

here some seedling from yesterday

8"




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The one thing with it I can hardly get around. I constantly have this protected beetle (Oxythyrea funesta), which destroys me, the fertilized flowers. He likes most fragrant daylilies and usually bites the fruit stems from the approach. So I spent a lot of thime to pick up the beetle from the flowers. Often to late or a few minute after controlling the next at work. It goes directly to the center af the flower and start to eat.




.. so this is the result - I could make a lot of pix like this



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Oh my gosh. A very challenging situation to have a protected beetle eating stigma and destroying stamen right in front of your eyes as you try to hybridize. Even with all of the other pests I have seen, none have done that kind of damage. I applaud you even more for creating today's lovely seedlings, and also for protecting the beetles who hamper your work. You work much harder to produce what we others can and with much more unexpected conditions.

Hans, that is a tough situation.....I too applaud you.

Again this year, I want to share a picture of a Sandy Holmes seedling I love

Linda Sierra X magical mystery show

Linda Sierra X rock solid. Most of the LS seedlings are rebloomers. We have about a dozen rebloomers total in our garden.

Sib to above

Sib to above

Unk dip seedling

Galaxy explosion X magic of oz. 25buds tall thick scape and different flower!

Such nice shading from the purple to the green throat. Do you know its pod/pollen parents?

Oh, cross-posted with kid ... nice to see the siblings and very pretty.

Kidfishing, gosh I hope you bought the seeds from that Galaxy Explosion seedling from me. It's very nice

Cindy,
I think I did buy that from you! that one is probably the best.

I kind of thought so because I have done that cross before. Glad you got a good one

Great seedlings everyone!

Han, why is the beetle protected? It would be very frustrating to have to deal with that.

Tina, I still have the cross number. I would need to ask Sandy what the code means. It is a tet I have had for about 5 yrs and have seedlings from (that may bloom this year?)

Kid, love the Galaxy Explosion sdlg. I think I got the same cross from Cindy but not as pretty a bloom

Vickie, I was wondering the same question about the beetle.

Hans - Can you cover the ready-to-bloom bud in a nylon stocking or some other thin material to keep the beetle from destroying the flower? Then you could uncover it to pollinate it and then cover it back up again to keep any beetles out. Just a thought.....