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I like the result from the hummers, too.

Amazing patterns, Fred.

I recently returned from a trip to visit DD (in Austin), to find that somehow the deer (who we thought we had finally managed to fence out) had gotten in. Naturally they ate the pods and remaining buds on one new seedling, and all the buds on two sibling seedlings which showed some poly blooms (and which I was anxious to cross together, and backcross against one of the parents). I guess I should be grateful, though; while they browsed the daylilies (and the pelargoniums, an agapanthus, and a Drakensberg daisy) near the house, they did not eat the seedlings on the patio. Our garden helpers will be here later today and will hopefully be able to make some fence repairs (if not today, then tomorrow).

Speaking of the patio boxed seedlings, one of them turned out to be a bitone (not something that I was aiming for). The bloom is woefully flawed in that the petals don't want to open (flat, more or less) until late in the day, and the substance (at least on the petals) is a little thin. I tried to take a pic later in the day, but it is a hot day and the bloom (being purple) was in some degree of meltdown. (I'm saving the pollen, and will cross it against purple things here that open well, though honestly, in our climate, just about anything purple will melt and slick.)