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Beautiful change in bloom color on one of my seedlings

6 years ago

I posted a couple of pics recently showing drastic color change in blooms on the same plant, well here's another instance that I really, really like:

This is what it looked like when it bloomed on 7-30-17:

Doesn't even look like the same plant! Admittedly, the photo of the one today was taken in the AM, while this earlier one was taken in the PM. And when I felt the need to verify that I had the right designation and went out to the garden this evening to check, the bloom had spread out rather like this one above, but the color was still closer to the much darker purple.

Alex

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shive

6 years ago

Purples do tend to look more blue purple in the A.M. and especially when it's cool. Your seedling is pretty with both looks!

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samhain10 - 5a
Original Author
6 years ago
It would be OK with me if it stayed that dark purple. :)
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signet_gw(6b)
6 years ago
last modified: 6 years ago
this kind of thing happens with new daylilies , doesn't even look like the same daylily! .....and can happen over a long period of time .......the reason I NEVER toss a daylily before it has grown here 3 years. Love the new color on your bloom ......so intense. Hope it stays that color for you.
samhain10 - 5a
Original Author
6 years ago
I guess I'd better not toss anything yet, then, huh? But will the color become more fixed at the 3 year and beyond? And is this only environmental or what? It fascinates me.
signet_gw(6b)
6 years ago
Only time will tell ......it's a funny thing some start out gorgeous and turn into dogs and vice versa and some stay the same throughout .
Nancy 6b
6 years ago
I had one I was really excited about, large flower with large deep blue eye, I had high hopes for that first year. The next year it bloomed & I was so disappointed. It looked nice, but nothing outstanding like the first year. Coupled with that it is a short plant & not many flowers I won't keep it, but I learned from that, they don't always improve.
samhain10 - 5a
Original Author
6 years ago
Ah, come on guys. Don't go getting my hopes up and then dash them to the ground like that - it's just cruel. LOL
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
6 years ago
I love the color on the first photo--such a rich purple. Hopefully it will keep that color. Unfortunately, I agree with the other posters that some seem to get worse the second year. We keep all of ours for 3 years too to make sure we don't dispose of something outstanding. And why is it that the tall, well-budded ones are dogs and the gorgeous ones are short with few buds?

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samhain10 - 5a
Original Author
6 years ago
I just checked my handwritten database, since I can't walk out to the garden in the dark to check, and I see that I made the notation that the purple one above had a very strong, tall, thick scape - so it's got that going for it anyway. Well, I haven't been down this road long enough to be too attached to any of them; if they fail me next year, they're outta here, 'cause I'm going to need the space, I'm sure.

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