I feel a little foolish posting these here and on cubits also but here are my first 2 seedlings. I am amazed as I usually don't have bloom until about May 10th. The first 3 shots are the one I like, the 4th is a discard

yep, the first one is better. cross? I go alphabetical so am not on cubits as yet.

Lucy, the cross was Eye of Newt X Zap...both SDBs I find the light purple plicata markings and the lavender purple turning to red in the heart beard interesting.

A true success, Paul. It's beautiful!

thanks ZuZu

You must be a proud papa!

Another shot. Wish I had moved the hose.

Fantastic first SDB for you, Paul -- CONGRATULATIONS! I really like it, and don't you just hate it when there's a hose or a nasty weed (in my case) in the picture when you get it to the computer?

We have red-brown hoses, complimentry colors? Perhaps a thread for hoses?

I find beard colors almost impossible to figure out.

Here are some more seedlings blooming this morning. All are sibs to the first one I posted.
The one on right isn't bad.

Will watch

Will watch

Sweet! I love the veining on the last one.

A dusty orange plicata?

I just LOVE your little babies, congrats.

Dot

Paul Congrats the seedlings look great I hope the rest of them turn out good like these, thats got to be great feeling seeing them open for the first time.

Its raining here tonight which we need. Should be some more bloom tomorrow or the next day. I found numerous bloom stalks in my open beds today, at least 3 weeks early. Everyone should raise at least a few seedlings. It adds another dimension to the bloom season.

Sweet blooms Paul, it must be exciting to see each new one!

I would be interested in the last one if the falls "flaten" out. Can you provide more pics of the last one when you get a chance? Thanks. very cool.

Greg...we had a hard rain last night which ruined some of the blooms. I will watch it and try to get a better picture. It is the craziest season that I remember here. I will have TBs in a few days.....a month early.

I like the top right one.

We still don't have any, and I have tons of medians. We did have some snow, but not much, and most of the winter the ground was bare.