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Flowers on Wednesday

hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)

10 months ago

We had a little rain last night but not enough to do us much good. The corn next to us is curled up. We keep watering though. I think our season is going to be pretty disappointing. The scapes seem slow to appear and bud counts appear to be low. Now our nights are sort of chilly so the flowers aren't opening well either.

Broadway Player is one of my favorites of the Broadways we have. It's a fine performer with lovely flowers.

Stella's Ruffled Fingers had its ffo today.

Small World TNT was very slow to get established, but now is doing well. It is always early for us too, beating out Lava Flow, which hasn't bloomed yet.

Small World TNT is the first to give up a clump shot too.

Not much to look at in the seedlings today. The first one is Small World Fire in the Hole X Bucklebury Ferry. It's a nice color but I had hoped for more of an edge.

This is our tiny miniature again, but showing better color. We think this is Penny's Worth X Cosmopolitan. If we register this, it will be our first mini.

There were others in bloom today--Whatchamacallit (with 2 petals and sepals), Happy Returns, Hillside The Early Bird, and Unstoppable (on uncharacteristically short scapes. None of these were photo worthy. Maybe tomorrow.

Nancy

Comments (8)

Julia WV (6b)
10 months ago
I like Broadway Player. Your lucky to get at least some rain. Nothing here yet.

Julia
shive
10 months ago
I like the looks of Small World TNT, both as a single flower and in a clump. At least you got a bit of rain. For awhile today Nashville had a 70 percent chance of rain. It looks like Southern Kentucky had a big mass of rain, but it fell apart as it went south, and all the substantial rain went east. I think we got about six drops.

Debra
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lilykate7a
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I like the color on Broadway Player. The clump of Small World TNT is pretty. Debra beat me on the rain by six drops. Very dry here.
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You beat me on the raundrop scale too! I like your mini, so nice with the red rimmed throat.

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Nancy 6b
10 months ago
Love that clump of Small World TNT. This part of southern KY got no rain, and I know people a little farther north did not get any either. We did get more than 6 drops. Maybe 12.
mantis__oh
10 months ago
If next week doesn't deliver with rain, then the summer could be a disaster. But lots of scapes here. Is Small World TNT better than Fire in the Hole? The latter has been disappointing here.
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
Original Author
10 months ago
Mantis, in some ways SW TNT is better and in others it isn't. TNT took forever to get established here. I don't think it bloomed until its third year in the garden (which never happens here). It increases slowly. The color is not as saturated as Fire in the Hole, but the flowers are a little bigger. I have never gotten TNT to set seeds but Fire in the Hole will. Fire in the Hole probably has more buds, but it bouquet blooms and many of the flowers get pinched. On the whole, because of breeding potential and intensity of color, if I could keep only one it would Fire in the Hole.
organic_kitten
10 months ago
I missed this one. Broadway Player is a pretty one. Small World Fire in the Hole X Broadway Player is a nice bright one.

kay

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