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Seedlings Still Blooming

6 years ago

This is a new seedling that started blooming about a week ago. If it continue to bloom at this time in the future, it will be a very late bloomer. The cross is supposed to be Westbourne Good Old Days x Ain't Misbehavin. But I wonder if it isn't really a bee cross of Westbourne Goold Old Days and Mister Bubbles or Techny Peach Lace. It has coral petals with yellow sepals brushed with light coral. (Since I wasn't home to keep pinching back the buds on my mums, they're starting to bloom now instead of fall.)

""The Former Valentine Sweetheart" (Shores of Time x Rosy Rhino) has seven instant rebloom scapes going in its two locations, and four of those have developed 16 buds each. Although I told Maryl last week that I wasn't going to register it yet, I may register it early next year with a bud count average of 15 buds. As you may remember, my attempt to plant some fans in full sun failed when my Hackberry tree grew much taller and wider this spring. No fans of it get more than 5.5 hours of sun. So I still think the plant can have better stats. Although my original hybridizing goal was not to register anything with less than 18 buds, the terrific instant rebloom boosts it worthiness for registration. Now that temperatures are back to sizzler here, it's returned to its pink color. (Some of you may recall, earlier blooms with cooler nights looked rosy red rather than rosy pink.)

Karelia x Palace Garden Beauty blooming on a later emerging scape

Debra

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shive
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6 years ago

My husband emailed me this photo of the first seedling that he took this morning. The heat has done great things for its edge. The flower is a 6-inch bloom, and it has 13 buds in this first year.

Debra

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lilykate7a
6 years ago
Debra, love the seedlings. And of course, the FVS seedling is still my favorite. And maybe a prolific rebloomer! So glad to see you registering it. So lovely. My mums have been going strong since June. I just cut them back and they generally rebloom in late September or October. Although I think they are blooming more and later this year. Usually I get them cut back in mid July. I have a monster 2x2 yellow blooming now! By all means, keep us posted on registration name!!!

Kate
Julia WV (6b)
6 years ago
Former Valentine Sweetheart is still a favorite for me. I have no luck with getting mums to return each year. Does your return each year?
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Heidi Simmons
6 years ago
I love seedling pictures. When I saw the AHS photo of Ain't Misbehavin' in the data base, I can see how you could end up with something like the first picture. As for FVS, there will be people from this site lined up to buy it when it becomes available (pink lovers unite). Does it have opening issues ? It is so sweet and feminine! Please post more seedling photos.

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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
6 years ago
Debra, I agree with Heidi about the parentage of the first seedling. Also, we need more fancy lates. We have most of our late blooming varieties in one bed. It's so nice now that the other beds have few flowers open to look at the late bed in all its glory.

Former Valentine Sweetheart is lovely (I love its color and watermark) and with rebloom, I don't think 15 buds is too few. The last seedling has such a clean background. I would cross it to Ruby Lipstick to see if I could flip the eye to red.

Nancy
shive
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6 years ago
Kate - FVS is a prolific rebloomer. Some years, it's had three cycles of bloom. It's good to know the mums can rebloom if sheared back.

Julia - The mum overwinter here until we get a winter with zero temps, and then they die out. They're really doing great in the red bed, with five of them growing together to make a huge flowery mound. I'll take a photo when the whole thing is in bloom.

Heidi - Because of the grandparentage of Ain't Misbehavin, it could be the other parent of the late seedling. But Mister Bubbles is right in front of W. Good Old Days, and Techny Peach Lace used to be in back of it, and both of those are late bloomers. I would love to sell FVS to my Gardenweb friends!

Nan - I'm always when thrilled when a seedling turns out to be a late bloomer. There are just too few good lates. That's a good idea to cross the Karelia Seedling with Ruby Lipstick, or my Ruby Lipstick baby.

Debra
tarheelgirl_7b
6 years ago
Beautiful seedlings! All would be worthy additions to the garden! FVS is my favorite, such a pretty flower with terrific rebloom.

Lori
Nancy 6b
6 years ago
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Beautiful seedlings, I'm with everyone though, FVS has always been my favorite, and reblooming that well definitely makes up for fewer buds, and 15 is nothin' to complain about.
Brad KY 6b
6 years ago
My favorite is The Former Valentine Sweetheart!
sherrygirl zone5 N il
6 years ago
I'm on the bandwagon too! Love FVS. I've loved every pic I've see !

Sherry
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
I've never purposely bought a daylily with less then a 16 bud count. BUT as you said regarding The Former Valentine Sweetheart, the instant rebloom more then makes up for that one bud difference (now that you are up to 15). I still think it's one of the prettiest daylilies I've seen from either an amateur or a pro. The color is superb with a very nice edge. Have you sent any out for trial in any of your friends gardens? Who knows, you may get that elusive bud count elsewhere.. You know I'm rooting for it to suceed......Maryl

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