These were taken this morning. ‘Limas Green Success’ is probably from Actaea x viridiflorus. ‘Verdant Sparks’ is a new registration from N. jonquilla x N. viridiflorus. Vinisky seems to like the green coloring in this one. The Emerald Sea open pollinated seedling was selected last year but this year the perianth seems too undisciplined. it gets one more year to show its stuff. Harold
Oh, my! Even with rough perianths, these viridiflorus crosses always take my breath away! “It gets one more year to show its stuff” or what!? The bulbs get sent to someone in Tennessee who will treasure them in pots? ;->
I have a few of your (Harold’s) fall blooming bulbs in bud that I hope I will see blooms from. They have been sheltered in the garage the last few days as it has finally gotten cold here. A few years ago Mary Lou showed her metal cart that she uses for the non-hardy bulbs in pots and I do the same now for about 15 or so pots, wheeling them in and out of the garage depending on the temperatures.
Mary Lou, all my bulbocodiums are planted outdoors, so they take their chances with our fickle weather. I usually see blooms, though often they are quite frosty, but I certainly appreciate the off-season surprises!
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On 12/4/2010 11:53 AM, Harold Koopowitz wrote:
Harold, I’m green with envy! I think the green cups are outstanding. When might we have some hardy spring flowering green cups to work and play with. Just imagine crossing these with such as Shagreen, Dallas, Frigid, and Green Park and well formed poeticus varieties. Maybe progress has been made of which that I am not aware? Brian
Brian: You planted the seeds in my mind last year. Of my crosses, Moonshadow x (mixed Greens) I only got seven seeds and 3 have just germinated. I also tried Misty Glen with various greens, but no seeds. I am using a cocktail of pollens because I never know which are still good when they come out of the freezer. There are several other crosses as well but I am some years away from flowering them. Bob Spotts probably has better breeding material as he is a few generations ahead of me. I tried greens onto Green Pearl but that is a very reluctant breeder which makes seeds but they hardly ever germinate, but it might be profitable to put ‘Lima’s Green Success” back onto a poet. I will save pollen to try that one this year. Harold
At 10:59 PM 12/4/2010, Brian S. Duncan wrote: