Flowers Everywhere, Flowers in My Hair

10 months ago

last modified: 10 months ago

The heat is on, and there's lots of color in my seedling beds today - not as much in the registered beds. I guess those seedings were just raring to get started. So I'm going to post seedlings first, and then the registered guys.

Judy's Jewel X Bubblegum Queen #2 - I didn't think the others in this cross would best the first one that bloomed, but this one has. It has a 7.5 inch bloom on 29-inch scapes with four-way branching and 15 buds in its first year to bloom. The edge is gold and green, and the watermark is very pronounced and doesn't fade in the heat.

Judy's Jewel X Bubblegum Queen #1 - This one has an 8-inch bloom on a 28-inch scape with two-way branching and 13 buds. It's produced two prolifs.

I have one more of that cross to bloom, but it's on a very short scape.

(Symphony of Praise X Henry Lorrain) X Bubblegum Queen - I've been calling this one the BQ dud for the past three days, but the color looks much better in the heat. This is 9+ inch bloom on 32 inch scapes with four-way branching and 17 buds that I can see. It may have more. It's a bitone lavender.

Carolina Pale Face X Dearest Valentine ffo

Pink Extraordinaire X Cexy Samantha #4

Now for the registered beauties.

Yoga Man ffo - The eye looked very blue this morning!

Unbound ffo

Billy the Kid - It's good to see Billy again. The deer ate every last bud last season.

Dancing Flamingo

Hearts That Care

Men in Black

Watermelon Summer ffo

Debra

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mantis__oh
10 months ago
last modified: 10 months ago
The first seedling is indeed a spectacle. It looks a lot like your pictures of parent Judy's Jewel. Watermelon Summer seems to be basking in the sun. Meni in Black has a color that welcomes some of the hybridizing pollen, but doesn't seem to be a winner in bud count.
shive
Original Author
10 months ago
Mantis - The first seedling does resemble Judy's Jewel. The problem with Judy's Jewel is that it's always been short in my garden with with scapes between 20-23 inches. I would be this seedling will develop even taller scapes than 29 inches in the future. The scapes on Men in Black are rebloom scapes that didn't have time to bloom in the fall. So the buds on those are the result of the drought. Men in Black usually has bud counts in the mid teens here.

Debra
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lilykate7a
10 months ago
Wow on the first seedling. What color! What an edge! How happy this one must have made you feel. I like Yoga Man and Unbound. The heat is indeed on!
Nancy 6b
10 months ago
I love that 1st seedling too, I like that green to the edge. Yoga Man is gorgeous, more like what I hope mine will look when it settles better. I hope I get a bit of rebloom from it. The seedling and Yoga Man are my picks for favorites, but I really like them all.
shive
Original Author
10 months ago
Kate - Yes, I was indeed very happy when I saw that first seedling this morning. Now it just needs to show a few more buds on rebloom or next season.

Debra
Julia WV (6b)
10 months ago
I just love your seedlings. For the registered ones which are all beautiful but I think Yoga Man would be a pick for me. Heat is suppose to break here overnight. I hope they are right. Daylily foliage looks horible on many of them and I finally pulled the hose out tonight. Many of the other perennials don't seem to mind the heat.

Julia
shive
Original Author
10 months ago
Nancy - I never saw Yoga Man have this blue an eye last year, and today's may be temperature-related. We had a hot day yesterday followed by a cool night.

Julia - Thanks for the seedling love! I wish I had pulled my hose out earlier this week. The ground is so dry, and some of the taller scapes are beginning to lean because of it. I'm already having some yellowing of leaves, and there's no rain in sight next week.

Debra
organic_kitten
10 months ago
Judy's Jewel X Bubblegum Queen #2 is a beauty: a winner, no doubt. (Symphony of Praise X Henry Lorrain) X Bubblegum Queen is a delicate lovely beauty. Yoga Man looks great, Unbound is a lovely red; beautiful color. You might know I would like Men in Black. And, Watermelon Summer is a lovely one. Nice post..

kay
Brad KY 6b
10 months ago
The first 2, JJ x BQ are really pretty. Both are a great color, with the first so bright I almost missed the second. With another look, decided the second is great too.

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shive
Original Author
10 months ago
Thanks Brad! I'm personally wowed by the faces on both of those from the Judy's Jewel X BQ cross. I checked the buds last night, and I can now see 15 buds on the first one and 14 buds on the second one. So in a year of lower bud counts on pretty much everything, I think they're starting out well. Also, I didn't get around to fertilizing those two this Spring, so with fertilizer that bud count and branching might be much higher in the future.

Debra