Some clump shots for today

2 years ago

The temperature is not as bad as it was the last couple of days, but the humidity is a killer. Bob and I have toyed with the idea of taking a year off from hybridizing. The truth is we are out of room. We have space to put in one more new bed (small one) and we don't know where all the selects are going to go.

Here is a shot of some of the seedling beds. The flowers in the front are three years old and the ones in back are a combination of older seedlings (most 5 years old) and year old seedlings. We have too many.

Brer Rabbit's Baby was new last year. The yellow in the background is Little Peep Eye.

Cherry Pie a la Mode

Bucklebury Ferry

Crazy Ivan is yellow in our garden. Does anyone else have this issue.

Dennis Russell is doing well this year.

I was trying to clean up Out of Balance for the photo. I saw a bee pod so I snapped it off. I saw another bee pod and I snapped it off too. Then I noticed it had a hybridizing tag. Oh, well! With all of that, I didn't get the nasty flower on Vorlon Encounter Suit behind it. Out of Balance is a really cute little flower. It's one of Jamie Gossard's small dips.

More to come . . .

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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
Original Author
2 years ago
Feanorian Lamps was a bonus from Bob Faulkner a couple of years back. It took awhile to get established but it was looking good today.

New Tangerine Twist is a favorite here.

Mulan is a nice big flower. It was also a bonus.

Now for a few singles.

Dearest Valentine was wonderful today.

This was supposed to be Carnival Splendor (which has a red eye). The seller identified it as Arctic Bear. It's a nice big flower.

Krakatoa Katie wasn 't very double today. It is always a fullter flower on rebloom (which it does consistently).

Pink Stripes was really nice today.

Some seedlings to come . . .
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
Original Author
2 years ago
This seedling is All of My Love to You X Randy Stephens. It would be an intro if it develops enough buds.

As you might imagine, Bob likes this one. It is New Tangerine Twist X ((Born to Run X Southern Summer) X Gypsy Rose))

Here's another that Bob likes (I do too). It is Pineapple Bites X Ashwood Inferno.

Bob didn't care much for this one. It is Best for Last X Sonoran Desert Rose. It looks a lot like it pod parent but it has the plant habit of the pod parent. Best for Last does not do well for us. This seedling has a killer scape and is tall too. This is its first flower open today.

I was disappointed that the color on this photo is not right. This flower is actually pink. It is So Beautiful to Me X Sonoran Desert Rose.

This is a first year seedling. It is Sonoran Desert Rose X (Swimming with Sharks X Randy Stephens).

That's enough for today.

Nancy
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"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Truly beautiful. I can't imagine trying to decide which one stays and which one goes.............New Tangerine Twist was new for me last year, and it barely survived the Feb. 2021 arctic blast. It's struggling in a 4 inch pot as we speak. I guess I could have pitched that small remnant but I liked it enough last year to try and salvage it. ...........I like the seedlings out of it. Bob and I both like the color orange quite a bit. I like the purple one too if it turns out well for you.......Maryl
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Wow do you have the daylilies! such an incredible amount in the garden shot and I suspect you have way more than that.

My favorites today are Brer Rabbit's Baby and your seedling All of My Love to You X Randy Stephens.

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