Friday After Three Rounds of Heavy Rain

2 years ago

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We had some hard rain that fell last evening, and then we got two rounds of thunderstorms in the early morning hours. The results were more than a thousand blooms battered, splotchy or unable to open. I'll show you some of the few that still looked good, and amazingly a lot of them are seedlings.

Kara Louise had two out of three blooms that looked great. I can't say enough good things about this red. Diver Down, with one bloom shown shorter than Kara Louise, also had three pretty good blooms, but they were not close together. The Bill Norris blooms could not quite open.

My early white seedling showed no damage whatsoever from the storms.

English Lavender's ffo had a pretty nice opening. This flower is on a tall scape. The other two scapes are short. I've had no increase on this plant in three years, probably likely to grubs.

Violet Sabrewing had one good bloom out of three.

Roaring Rapids was looking lovely, but it still isn't showing any teeth.

Speaking of teeth, I found this ffo in one of the seedling beds this morning. This is a one-year-old out of (Alan Lane Agin x Cosmic Sensation) x Betty Bush. Since most of my registered toothies are still not showing much bite, I thought the teeth on this one were promising. So far, I've gotten two dark purples out of this cross. I was hoping for some purples and some reds.

This is the second bloom on this Dancing Flamingo kid. The scape is leaning a bit after the storms.

Valentine Dearest X Unk held up pretty well to all that rain.

This Sweet Prairie Wind kid show up as bitone last year. The lighter petals must have been the result of bug spray or deer deterrent. The red petal color is much deeper this season. My husband likes the shape of this one.

This Dragonfly Dawn kid lost some substance in the rain, but still had it's pretty pattern. This is the one that opened with a trio a few days ago.

More photos from yesterday afternoon in the comments.

Debra

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shive
Original Author
2 years ago
I've been thinking Diver Down's blooms were much larger than the registered 6 inches, so I measured them yesterday afternoon. I was right. All three were wider in diameter than 7 inches. This is a sun shot of one of the blooms.

Here's Dancing Flamingo x Bubblegum Delicious in the sun.

Here's the Dancing Flaming seedling I showed the other day in the sun.

Here's Cexy Samantha X Bubblegum Delicious #1 in the sun.

Perseus's Sandals x Jumping Jack Flash

That's all for now!
organic_kitten
2 years ago
The rain is a plague needed, but a plague when you want to take photos, Debra you have some gorgeous blooms in spite of the rain and the seedlings are the prettiest. I too am very impressed with Kara Louise. It is such a vibrant red. that white seedling is gorgeous! The Dancing Flamingo and the Dearest Valentine kids were so pretty, but I am with your husband on the Sweet Parie Wind kid. I like the color, the shape, the edge, all of it. It is the winner of all of them for me

today.

kay
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shive
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kay - I'm glad you are impressed with Kara Louise too. It was a bonus for me, and I'm so glad Dan sent it. I was surprised you liked the Sweet Prairie Wind kid the best, but you do love red.

Debra
Nancy 6b
2 years ago
Really like your reds again. Kara Louise earned nice comments from

you, I think I like the looks of Diver Down a little better from pics. I saw Woman in Red pictured somewhere and wrote that down. Of course, since you day Diver Down is more than 6" that may give it an edge. Your Dancing Flmingo Seedling really grabbed my interest
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2 years ago
Is the picture of the Dancing Flamingo Kid the same as the DF X hybrid "in the sun"? I like the pink color on both, but prefer the second picture for form.......I like your white simple one too. A clump of that in the early border landscape would look good I'm thinking...........Maryl
shive
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Nancy - Both Kara Louise and Diver Down have very nice blooms. Kara Louise gets the edge from me because it's the registered height, and Diver Down is a little shorter than it should be. Also it galls me that Diver Down was registered as having a white edge, but you can see from my photo that the edge is both white and gold. I do love that white watermark on DD, and it was very pod and pollen fertile last year, while Kara Louise could not hang on to pods in the heat. Also, Kara Louise is a bit better budded than Diver Down. Both kay and I have posted photos of Lady in Red. It's beautiful too, but blooms and scapes are not as large as registered for me.

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shive
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2 years ago
Maryl - I have pictures of three different Dancing Flamingo seedlings on this thread, and that's confusing. Two are from the same cross with a UF that I do not want to name in public. The one that looks most like a UF is in the initial post (Dancing Flamingo kid). The sibling is in the comments post as "in the sun". (I probably could have made it less confusion by posting those two together.) The color and form of the those is different. The third is Dancing Flamingo x Bubblegum Delicious, which is rounder and has a white edge. It was also described as "in the sun". I love the one you're talking about because of the colors. It's very tropical looking. The form doesn't do much for me, and I wish it had UF form. The third one from that cross is going to bloom later. Maybe I'll get the color I prefer WITH the form I want on that one.

The near white UF is very simple, with an old-fashioned look. But it does look super in a clump, and it opens well no matter how cool the temperature is. As you can see, it's rainproof. I will be introducing that one next year. I'll let you know the name once it's approved.

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Nancy 6b
2 years ago
Debra, to tell the truth, I like both of them, but I think the 2nd slightly more, just looks more unusual.
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2 years ago
I think the Dancing Flamingo x Bubblegum Delicious (in the sun) looks very good. Are all those buds on the same planting or different plantings? Dancing Flamingo seedling looks good also in the sun. You've got some winners in the group.

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lilykate7a
2 years ago
Boy, can I ever relate to that rain issue! I think most of my photos this year will have raindrops on them!

I like all the seedlings. Kara Louise did hold up well in the rain. The white one does indeed laugh at the rain!
shive
Original Author
2 years ago
Julia - All those buds belong to Dancing Flamingo x Bubblegum Delicious. One of the reasons I took that photo was just to show how many buds it has. And I couldn't even get all the buds in the frame. That's the seedling that has 10 fans now.

Debra
signet_gw(6b)
2 years ago
Love the Sweet Prairie Winds seedling ! Yowza it's a looker ! is there a reason you dont want to name the "UF that I do not want to name in public" now you have me curious.....really curious .
shive
Original Author
2 years ago
Heather - I often don't name both parents because I don't want other people to repeat the cross. I reigister seedlings and sell the intros. It's a proprietary thing. I'm glad you like the Sweet Prairie Wind seedling.

Debra
signet_gw(6b)
2 years ago
That makes sense Debra and very smart of you to do that . I haven't done much hybridizing so would never have thought of that . Of course with your experience of also having your original daylily name you chose for Valentine Dearest being used by someone else would also be a good reason to not put a name out there.

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