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May 3, 2014 2:47 PM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)
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I don't usually do very many SDB crosses, but the seedlings I do have are starting to bloom. Some of these are holdovers from last year, so I might have showed them before

The Cat's Eye replica that I've been using as a breeder
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When this one first opened, I thought "Wow, that's ugly", but it's starting to grow on me. The lavender wash on the fall reminds a bit of some of the Blyth TBs
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Cute little variagata, the white beards set it apart from some others I've seen. Blooms its little heart out, too.
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Don't know what to make of this one.
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I mostly pitch yellow seedlings as soon at they bloom, but this one's kind of neat.
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The falls on this one are an interesting shade when they open, but they fade pretty quickly to a fairly dull color.
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Like the beard
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When it opened, I thought "another Cat's Eye replica", but it's actually different. Cat's Eye has brown-tipped beards, but the seedling has solid rich lavender beards. It's also "redder".
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Like the beards on this one, too.
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