Day: February 11, 2011

better form in viridflorus progeny

Daffnetters, This one is marked Top of the Hill x (Actaea x viridiflorus) but is too smooth for that to be right. Next over is the marker for Orange Supreme x Lima viridiflorus seedling – which is more likely.. Bob

Pink in viridiflorus progeny

Daffnetters, This is the first “successful” pink seedling from my viridiflorus breeding. Just barely – but it had better color than the photo! Not much of a show flower. Breeding is [Firestar x (Rosebank x Foundling)] x viriidiflorus. Bob

Manuel Lima’s ‘Limanade’

I’m a terrible photographer, but this should give you a hint of Manuel Lime’s ‘Limanade’ 12YYG-GYY registered in 2009. Like all viridiflorus progeny, it blooms for weeks. A tall, not dwarf, plant. Here it opens in January. Bob Spotts Oakley…

Koopowitz: Habit x Emerald Sea

Harold Koopowitz distributed bulbs of several clones of this cross. He has posted a photo of one bloom from his garden. A bloom from a bulb I received from him was equally as good. Thanx, Harold! Unfortunately, putting pollen on…