The quilled seedling already is saturated so #3 wouldn't improve that. The cross I would consider is #2 x #3 or #3 x #4. I'm always looking at the things that can be improved. Hard to explain my thought process, but both the quilled one and #3 are nice flowers in their own right and I look at strengthening the watermark on both of them as both have watermarks but they aren't high contrast. If you had crossed the quilled one with #3, you'd likely get the same type of watermark that is already on them. I think about photographic interest since selling is mostly done online these days. Any way you can add interest to the face helps sell the flower. Adding a strong watermark is one way. Adding a strong watermark AND an applique even better. Add a watermark, applique, 5-way branching and 32 buds….price just went up!
