2004 CROSSES

I've posted quite a few comp images of the parent plants of seedlings I expect to see bloom next season. Some crosses have only one seedling while others have several (Wilson Spider x Bark At Me has 3 or 4 seedlings that all look like they will be big enough to bloom). I am rather anxious to see these bloom as some are my own crosses and others are from purchased seeds. I also have a couple that only the pod parent is known and I will try to post images of the pod parent with the resulting seedling's maiden blooms when the time comes.

I am really interested in seeing what comes from the cross of Chicago Apache X Custard Candy, I know they will be eyed, but have no idea about what color they will be. Another one, one I haven't posted a comp pix of is using one of my near white seedlings with 'Wilson Spider'; I'm hoping for a nice near-white cascade from it.

I except the Chesapeake Crablegs X Heavenly Curls will be yellows and oranges and possibly a peach or melon pastel, but it will be a cascade for sure (watch me be wrong! )

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OPEN FORMS . UNUSUAL FORMS

I've been thinking about these two open form seedlings and how best to move them toward unusual form. Bearing in mind what I have to work with by way of Tet PSUF cultivars, I don't have much to work with! 'Geri's Aura' isn't really one I should use for this purpose as it is just another open form when you stop and examine it. Two others I have are both reds and I really don't want to go that way, that leaves my only other Tet SPUF, 'Boney Maroney'. It's a very large bloom, perhaps 10-inches, it's drawback: it's yellow! Probably offspring colors would be in the peach range, which might not be all that bad.

What I may possibly do is cross 'Geri's Aura' with 'Boney Maroney' to produce lavender to peach "bridge plants" to use with the crosses made with the two open form seedlings and BM.

Sometimes it is difficult to only work with what you have. There are several seedlings and cultivars as well that I would like to play around with but just don't have the "right" partner for them. So I hold onto them in hopes that something will turn up in the seedling bed or I'll be able to trade for something I can use. I'm still hoping to get a really skinny red Tet spider to use with the offspring I get from my LT10 X 'Heavenly Fire Arrow' and 'Samar Star Fire' seedlings.

Here's a view of 'Boney Maroney':

'Geri's Aura' - Not sure why this has been referred to as a UFas it isn't really, but it is a large flower (7.5-inches) and on a tall (37-inch) scape.(Image is from Tinker's Database). 

CPXATW-sdlg # 3 This one is actually more pink than this image shows it. 

ATWf1 

WHAT WAS I THINKING!

In my last post I eluded to 'Harbor Blue' as being a Tet that I was looking forward to using with a couple of open-form Tets I have, well that would be hard to do since it is a Dip! The cultivar I meant to say is 'Geri's Aura', which is a lovely deep lavender UF that would work very well with the pinkish seedlings I have in mind. Of course that is if it and the seedlings survive the winter and if they all bloom!

Two of the ones I have in mind to use are at the top of this post; both are out of 'Along the Way' breeding. One is an out cross (CPXATW), the other is a selfing (ATWf1).