Name: Nancy West Central Wisconsin on the (Zone 5a)
I am going to upload some of my seedlings that are full siblings and bloomed for the first time this summer as two year old plants. They are large and prolific. I Do have some that have bloomed at less than one year old and also those that have taken up to four years to bloom.
These seedlings are what is called F2 as I bred the parent seedling(garden -named "Firstbourne") back to itself. My son suggested I do this so I finally bit the bullet and did that and have been PLEASANTLY surprised. "Firstbourne" is a Barbara Dittmer(((Shadow Dance × Tet. Siloam Virginia Henson) × Angel's Smile) x an unknown seedling. It has very good plant habit and a pretty face, but not a striking face. These seedlings out of 'her', bred back to herself all have good plant habits and prettier(striking?) faces and larger blooms than BARBARA DITTMER. I sure wish I knew who the other parent is-Probably TRULY ANGELIC or ANGEL BRAID.The last one is of "Firstbourne" so you can compare easily. Hope you like them..I know also that they could change next year so hopefully they will not be a disappointment but will stay the same or get even better! Nancy