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Jul 16, 2018 12:32 AM CST
Name: Mode
Western NC (Zone 7b)
keithp2012 said:I finally got to grow seeds from my plant, and I am finding variegated seedlings from it Drooling Its amazing that it passes the trait and not only plain green.
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Your variegated plant is an interesting specimen. Have you tried using the plant as a pollen parent to another Syriacus to see if the crosses are also heavily variegated?

I also dabble in Syriacus crossbreeds, my goals are more for incorporation of extreme hardiness(Herbicide Toxicity resistance) using century old cultivars who no longer produced pods and deformed specimens of Syriacus that breed true from seed. About 3 years ago though I took a step in the alternate direction obtaining a new seedling which bloomed for the first time this a few months ago. Using my Syriacus pollen I managed to obtain two pods of three pollinated from an actual interspecies hybridization rather than the normal path of varietal crossbreeding. So far the pods are growing rapidly and I will soon know if 22 years of effort is paying off.

From your example, I can see that there may be quite some treasures if the pods do not abort and the seeds germinate.

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