jimard8 said:I had a second bloom on a Benary's Giant , do those Canoe shaped flower petals ,, Only a few though ...
Hi Jim,
I also grew some Benary's Giants in my outdoors garden last year, with the idea of getting some of those "canoe shaped petals". Some did, but not to the extent that the California Giants did. Benary's Giants are supposed to have 4-foot plants, but only a few of mine did. Maybe I wasn't watering or fertilizing them enough. Although the California Giants got essentially the same cultural treatment, and they were noticeably taller than the Benary's Giants. I am hoping to get some crosses between the "canoe petaled" blooms and some of my unconventional blooms, like this "Razzle Dazzle".
I can't imagine what an intermediate between the canoe shaped petals and the Razzle Dazzle petals would look like. The only way to find out is to make the cross and grow the blooms. I hope to achieve that this Summer.
ZM
