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Seedlings..You Don't Always Get What You Want...

14 years ago

...or maybe even what you need (haha)... okay, haven't done the photo thing in a while, so please excuse any size issues...

Okay, this one is for Shelly in GA (for grins)....Barbie in Pink x Leslie Renee...I bought these seeds from you some years ago...I don't know about anyone else, but I was kinda hoping for pink...and big...(laughing)...maybe we'll see some of that with the others..

And now we have a couple of sibs from Trump Card x Bridey Greeson...

Hmmm, I was hoping for a bit of color...(wouldn't you think??)...any color...some color...please...

Well, for those of you who might have seen my tale of woe on Dave's, I just wanted you to know that these are not like that one (in many ways)....however, the mud remains

....keeping me from getting to others like the tall pink I see today, but unfortunately...I'm not sliding in there...lol!

We gotta have some fun with it, right? (and no comments about colors we don't like...lol!)

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ladylovingdove
14 years ago
Yep those seedlings sure can fool ya, like the one that bloomed for me today. It was supposed to be a cross of two eyed ones, a Gaskins seedlings and Sherry Candy. Well it wasn't. It is some kind of thing with pinched petals and an orangy, yellow thingy. Who knows where that came from. Anyway since it was so pinched I decided to keep it for the novelty.

Dot
tweetypye
14 years ago
So true GG...but I like that 1st one even though it's not pink...oh but you know I love those reds!! :)
We had some rain early last night and another storm came through about 11 am, so it's kind of muddy here too right now. Glad I got out to the seedling patch before this mornings rain.
Jan
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shive
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Ah, the mysteries of hybridizing. I waited three years for this to bloom. It was my own cross of Chance Encounter X Never Been Kissed. I was going for a very round pink with an edge. But instead I got:

Well, at least it was pink. I put some UF pollen on it today.

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sue_in_nova_scotia
14 years ago
Wonder of it all X White noise....purchased off lily auction, needless to say I did not expect:

There were 2 other siblings that didn't bloom yet so I remain hopeful
jean_ar
14 years ago
well, personally,, I see nothing wrong with none of these seedlings.I think every one of them is gorgeous.if the were in my garden, they would be even MORE beautiful :).Thanks for sharing them.

Jean
numama
14 years ago
THANKS for sharing the seedling pics....my FAVORITE PICS to look at! My seedling bed seems to be in PEAK BLOOM right now with the established gardens just taking off.....LOL

I am discovering what you think versus what you get plays no part in the end result.....LOL

I sure have some beautiful seedlings blooming tho so NO COMPLAINTS here! Thanks for sharing your wonderful seedlings Debra!

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