I'm currently sitting in the car on the way to Mississippi to visit my kids so hoping to make this 12 hour car ride go a little faster by sharing some pictures
or until I loose internet on the way
Poly.. I really enjoy these early in the season there a bright spot in a field of green
Ill be curious to see if any of my reds catch your attention that I have been working on none of them show the Ghio ruffles yet but have been getting some different color shades and good dark ones.
Andrea..You can see why the new intro's are expensive and going up it takes a long time to come up with enough plants to intro them here the problem can be the brutal winters and short growing season in your area the problem can be re-bloom I can remember one of Joes I wanted for a long long time it looked spectacular every spring and had these beautiful buds that always stood out he had a hard time increasing it because it kept blooming year around a great thing for garden interest not so good when you wanna build up stock to be able to intro it
Lynn. You will get better germination by soaking them ...on Blushing Doll It will set pods and is fertile I used it in 2020 but haven't seen a whole lot out of it yet did 2 crosses and only kept this 1 of out them another one of Thomas's that is stunning in OR.
20-177A ...13-50D(Just Witchery X Magical x Blushing Doll)
Derlyin... It bloomed on a short stalk probably hit from our late frosts so not many pictures of that one it was kept hopefully it shows stalks like some of the sibs they were really good.
Joann.. Im glad your back on here
of the 2 you picked the A of both of them were my favorites especially 20-133A it opened right at sunset which isn't very good lighting for pictures but shows the violet it has when it 1st opens
lots of fun colors in that one.
Tom.. It has been good I need to do more with it have been breeding plicatas into reds trying to get some brighter colors out of them and I need tho throw it in the mix grows very well here .. I haven't done lot of crosses for luminatas/ Fancies and I need to do more they are excellent burst of color early in the season and Keith has been giving us some jewels to work with lately..
21-268 (16-18B (Volcanic Glow X Midnight Velvet) X Keppel's 14-08M
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21-284 (Western Outlaw X Keppel's 14-08M)
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