Seedlings worthy of registration 2024
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Comments (26)lalalandwi, If this is the seedling your talking about we have it marked to put into the evaluation bed. It must have good branching with good BC to impress us. Being as there is only 7-8" between seedlings as we grow them we can't really tell too much until we get them less crowded. The ones that have a single lateral branch with some more bracts under it on the scape can have 3-4 branches in less crowded conditions. Time will tell. Folks there are some really pretty blooms in the seedlings, but what good is a plant with 10 buds and no branching? Combine that with no bracts on the scape and you can never have any branching, so you have a nice flower for at best 10 days if not less. The first year your all excited with your new babies that are all your own and make seeds like crazy. The 2nd year you start to realize that some of those first year babies aren't so exciting anymore, see some more new seedlings, look alittle closer at the plant, start to think more about what your doing and produce a bumper crop of seeds again. The 3rd year you realize those first seedlings are really not anything special and throw them in the compost pile. You see more new seedlings from crosses with more thought behind them and see more that excite you. You clean out older beds except for the ones you want to evaluate and transplant them. Your thinking much longer about what crosses to make, only use certain plants for certain things and make tons more seeds. Now in the 4th year the seedlings are really starting to get interesting, your getting many more exciting blooms and your just beginning to notice the plant under the bloom. When it comes to transplanting them in the evaluation area..you barely notice the plant, but you have used plants that should give better branching and bud counts. Of course you still made 5000 more seeds than you can plant. The fifth year comes along and you start to realize of those 90-100 plants in the evaluation beds are mostly throw-a-ways as far as intro's go anyways. A few you will keep to hybridize with and a few you will think about registering. The rest are at best good for seedling sales at worst for the compost pile. Anytime you can get to visit a hybridizers garden you try to do it. We really haven't much time during bloom season, but we will take off about 4 days not only to see their new seedlings...to also talk, ask questions and listen...usually it's with a couple of friends or just 1 on 1. Now do you really want to hybridize? It's not as easy as you think it is and you must have a passion to do it. It's alot of work, but it is very much a pleasure and a challenge for us. Nothing like going out with a coffee in your hand strolling through the seedlings and seeing all the gifts that Mother Nature has blessed you with. Cheers...See Moreseedlings-answer for Yvonne-a thought
Comments (26)Unique is good, especially if grown for Aus conditions. With larger land areas there should be the opportunity to grow in larger numbers, and have far more to select from. Sandie, if you are talking "garden names only" then fine apart from the problems Lozza points out. I have bought some 100 roses over the last year, but would put greater value on the 2 BB's from you (growing well and not excessively) and the 3 pinkies from Robyn (all grown from cuttings) and my babies from rugosa scabrosa which are very tiny still. The personal touch is important to a lot of gardeners. It wouldn't be good though, if for instance, a Mrs Austin acquired one of your seedlings to name after her new baby Jayne - LOL. It might interest people that Fred Danks was one of the people who contributed greatly towards the development of the Pacific Coast Hybrid irises, having crossed various PC species from the US. He was so harsh in his selection that he never introduced one of his seedlings, but did share with other hybridisers, including sending seed back to the US, from whence many of the new varieties sprung. OK - that's irises again, but we have a great history of Australians who have contributed to the production of quality plants for our gardens, and who have probably not benefited to any great extent financially, if at all....See MoreSeedlings to Register, Later Ones I Like, Some to Sell or Share
Comments (18)Sherry - I don't publicly tell names anymore until the daylilies are safely registered. The second one will have a "Kat" name, but it's not after one of my cats. It will be named after a character on The Blacklist, my favorite TV show, and my other passion besides daylilies. I have a blog about The Blacklist and participate in several online forums about the show. Hoosier Nancy - Thanks for your comments. I really value them! Debra...See MoreL daylilies 2024
Comments (18)I was outside working today and surprised at how hydrangea stems and newly sprouted hyacinths seemed undamaged by the week of frigidity. That may soon change if we have fluctuating extremes. Last year, almost surely, most damage was done from the very warm February followed by mid-March cold (which really zapped daffodils and probably produced all the daylily malaise). It was difficult to judge cultivars last year since the negative effects were so broad. Linda Beck was not its best, but not as short as Debra's. Light of the World was so-so, but generally is an ok grower. Liberty Banner looks good in your pics, Brad; it is quite large, as I recall. Laura Harwood seemed shorter here, and yes, it can have bad days. I have never thought of it as particularly sunfast, but in that category, not many are. Not a good pic of Larry's Twilight Bite, since it is much darker. I am surprised that Nancy doesn't grow this one, but perhaps it is a bad breeder. Logically Implied was not as good as 2022, but a lovely pastel color. Difficult to photograph since the color either is glared out or photographs dull in overcast. Hanson. Photo from this year. Linda Sierra --again, subpar. But Kate's looks very good! Lovestruck Linda --quite reliable. Not as tall as some of Judy's, but not short. Let the Sea Resound. Quite tall. Not sure whether it is a favorite. Emmerich Love Song --reliable performer Love 'n Loujean --not as good as 2022 Let Justice Roll Down. A rich deep color, but performance is untested, and it looks as though it will be an Emmerich short. Lavender Blue Planet. Inherits the intense color from parents Elizabeth Peacock (and Alone Again). Lavender Green-Eyed Lady --from Dan White. An interesting earlier bloomer. Love in a Vacuum --one of Curt's best reds, which I came to late. Described as a raspberry red; it holds quite well. A cluster of Light of the World. Linda Gluck I am still waiting on to really do something. Lonesome Jaguar --seemed shorter than usual, but it could stand a few more inches any year. Mike D says he has a hard time keeping it in stock. Love Sculpture from 2022. It was smaller and less productive this past year....See Moresherrygirl zone5 N il
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