Lynn,
OK I enjoyed your pictures of things in my yard especially since it was NOT all semp pictures.Most people that know me from one group of plants think I am not a "one genus guy". However, i have hybridized everything under the sun. Cynda came when there was a huge bed of daffodil seedlings in bloom and Lynn captured some of the spuria and Japanese iris seedlings. As I have said to many people that come to the yard "Nothing with pollen is safe."
'Weirdo' can look much weirder than that. Even though the rosettes appear to have a center they actually don't and they can divide like a semp or split the crown like heufellii , sometimes on the same plant. It can also have tubular leaves like 'Grigg's Surprise' or 'Oddity'. It is more unusual than beautiful. These types tend to be lethal and the only two that survived for me were 'Weirdo' and a sister seedling that was identical other than size. Helen thought the bigger one would sell better because it was easier to see the weird behavior. I think she was right. It is one semp you can grow in a pot in the house. It turns more greenish but it performs even more bizarre behavior! One pot grew these odd stolons that grew straight up out of the center of the rosette. I have never seen it bloom but I have been told it has a strange bloom as well, almost like a fasciated plant.
'weirdo' was named for a guy in my school that was nicknamed Weirdo but actually he wasn't too weird!
The daylily seedling will get a name as it is so tiny and such a pretty color. Also opens perfectly here in the Pacific NW and many do not.
The hardy geraniums have fascinated a lot of people as they have never seen the variety of colors and sizes. Those new ones with heavily patterned leaves should be exciting.
More anon!
Kevin
