Lynn,
You must not have been trained by the nuns. There was always one bad boy in the class and the nun would give them a "special assignment" that would keep them busy and not disturb the others. Counting leaves/ rosette is just one of those sorts of tasks and and of course Greg is our "bad boy". But no, I won't have him counting leaves. First, I'm NO NUN and I'm sure Greg will be soaking in all the new seedlings and cultivars from the UK. Almost all of the latter are looking really good right now and I look forward to using them in crosses. I am going to have to train Greg on how wonderful the green/ red bicolors are.
I self pollinated 'Roasted Chestnut' because it was from mixed seed from Erwin Geiger and I'd like to know what its parents might be like. It is such a bright color but I would like it even better if it were twice as big. I'm hoping some of the kids will be bigger versions. Also the color distribution on the leaves is opposite from most of the red/ green bicolors with the red towards the tips, not the base.
The cross of the two "blue-ish" cultivars was to try to get bluer ones. I also have crosses of 'Frost and Flame' onto 'Blue Boy' and 'Pacific Blue Ice' X 'Blue Boy'. Think all of these could be good combinations.
You are right that the views of the Cascades foothills are stunning on the trip to Dancing Oaks. What a gorgeous sight at the nursery too.
Kevin
