By the end of summer 7 tazetta varieties have flowered: – two 8Y-O, one 8W-Y and four 8W-O.
The first, 14_05T is quite nice.
It still has a few florets in flower.
Six days later 16_01T opened.
Two days ago the most reliably early of Bill Welch’s Autumn Colors opened.
14_01T is a bit wild looking but I quite like it.
Perhaps the most perfect is 17_10T (with 17_01T behind).
The bird netting is a casual affair designed to discourage curious parrots. The colored wires code for crosses.
Meanwhile at Yass, the dam is completely empty.
Very nice, Lawrence. Does 14_01T have elegans in the breeding?
Mary Lou
Hi Mary Lou,
They all have elegans in their breeding except, I presume, Bill’s ‘Autumn Colors’ (09_13T).
14_05T’s pollen parent is ‘First Stanza’.
16_01T has First Stanza as a grandparent via the newly but unofficially named ‘Anza’ in this year’s catalog.
14_01T is (‘First Stanza’ x ?) x ‘Gold Stanza’. A little too inbred perhaps but it does explain the strong elegans appearance.
17_10T is 13_01T crossed with an very nice 8W-O Autumn Colors. 13_01T, also in the catalog, is First Stanza x Bill’s Autumn Colors pictured above (09_13T).