Oh, a couple of additional notes:
I think if we were to do this via threads, there would need to be strict requirements that posts must be completely informational and to-the-point or else subject to deletion. Posts with too many words or side comments are hard to follow when recording numbers/data. Maybe there could even be a particular, standardized format that we all use when responding?
And some of you might scoff at the idea of recording actual foliage height because it probably seems very insignificant, especially for those that have very tall flowers and/or just care that the bloom is somewhere above the foliage. And I understand that. For me, though, foliage height is important for hybridizing, I think, because the foliage might be below the bloom on one cultivar but be too tall to cross with another, shorter cultivar whose bloom might not make it above the foliage. For example, I'm trying to cross for shorter varieties whose blooms are level with or just a tiny bit above the foliage. I purchased about 8 or so Pardon Me fans to cross with. On my Pardon Me plants, the foliage is really short compared to other plants, so the bloom actually rises a decent amount above the foliage; because of this, I would actually want to cross it with something that has taller foliage. I realize that it's not an exact science (yet), but the more data we have on foliage height, the more we might start seeing some trends and the more we might be able to track and learn about how foliage height is passed on, etc... (I love genetics!)
Does anyone else ever consider foliage height in the way that I do, too?
