Hi Guys finally got some down time in today to go through pictures our growing season ended yesterday with the 1st winter storm we got 5" of snow dumped on us overnight with 20 degree temps so no more garden work for the year. I'll probably be stir crazy by March but nice to have a break from work at least for the weekend. Thought I would take advantage of the down time and share some pictures from our Bloom season.
I had a lot of fun this spring was able to visit some friends in California and Oregon and caught most of gardens at Peak bloom and then came home to my own seedlings opening for the 1st time Although we had some rough storms in May I made the best of it and worked with what mother nature gave me ended up with quite a few pods and got some pictures of a lot of them in between the storms. My favorite part of the season was coming out every morning and finding something new blooming the goal has always been to create something different and I certainly found a few that were unique that created a lot of excitement and some others that left me scratching my head wondering How did those 2 plants create that All in All a excellent season and very encouraging to keep pollen daubing had many pretty faces bloom but few with the total package at least this year anyway.
The 1st one I want to share was a cross made in 2012 looking back at the time this cross was done for no reason other than putting 2 plants together that I really liked and I didn't expect much from it but was curious what kind of a parent Class Ring was and at the time was hoping for some reds but didn't get anything like I expected what bloomed was a wide variety of different colors and patterns this is what makes it fun there is still have quite a few left to bloom from this cross next year so will be looking forward to seeing what else comes from this. The last one on the bottom right fit my description of something different it stood out amongst the rest of them because I have not seen anything else like it in that blend of colors so it was the favorite of the bunch so far.