Better luck this year

17 years ago

I'm having better luck this year with my cuttings. Why- I soak the easy to root varieties for a few days, plant in well draining soil (added perlite) water once and on't water for several weeks- it is working. Still rooting the hard to root ones in perlite in a old tp tube, inside a pots with regular potting soil.

Also, had better luck with this last seedling from Brenda Delph's 2007 cross of Tootsie x Shooting Star. Worth the wait. This is the second year. The only double/triple I got from this cross.

This is a horizonal deep peach tiny one, only 7" x 3", without the tendrils. Sweetly fragrant, the two outer skirts are well separated and the inner skirt is stuffed. Leaves are fuzzy and deeply serrated.

You like??????

Fading blossom

Brenda

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Comments (18)

fool4flowers
17 years ago
Oh, that is really pretty! Congrats! I'll have some crosses bloom next year. I hope I get a cool one, lol.
gardenpaw
17 years ago
Congratulations Brenda!!!
That one was truely worth waiting for! Love the color and
size!

Karen
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figara
17 years ago
Wow! This is such a cool brug. Congrats Brenda!!

Pat
givelittle_getlots
17 years ago
SUCCESS....ALL the way!!
Love it

Lucy
gottahosta
Original Author
17 years ago
Thanks!

These Tootsie x Shooting Star seedlings have produced some really small blossoms, and they are all horizonal to pointing upward. Glad the last one to bloom is a double..... well, triple! Good cross and it has been fun to watch and see what they did, or do, in this case.
wickedwickedwitch
17 years ago
I like that dusty color.
pagrdnr
17 years ago
I like! That is very nice Brenda. I was hoping to get some pollen from tootsie but it never developed fluffy pollen for me. Maybe next year.
eloise_ca
17 years ago
Oooooooo, ahhhhhhh, so beautiful Brenda! The colors are gorgeous, congrats!
pearlgirl
17 years ago
Seriously AWESOME, Brenda!
Margaret
tommysmommy
17 years ago
Good job with breeding such a lovely flower!
lon2250
17 years ago
Those are very beautiful Brenda. Congrates. I wish you continued luck.

Kim
chena
17 years ago
SWEEEET!!!! I love the little blooms.. Great color!!
Congrats!!!

Kylie
kasha77
17 years ago
Brenda- you've inspired me! Once I get some new stock- I am going to try cross pollinating & creating new brugs! looks fun & rewarding! They are so beautiful!
Thanks for sharing!
kasha77
figara
17 years ago
I was coming back to the thread and looked again at the color. Does it look purplish or I am just dreaming....

Pat
gottahosta
Original Author
17 years ago
Kasha- nothing like seeing a seedling bloom, and even more is seeing your own crosses bloom. This is seed I bought three years ago from SeedSprout. But I have around 25-30 seedpods on my breeders this year- maybe y'all will take some of these seeds off my hands, like last season!

Kylie, you can hold this one in your hand. I will see how she does next year- notice she is already a girl?? lol!

BTW, my hands are doing better- I think I've milked as much sympathy as I'm gonna get out of hubby!

Thanks, everyone, for the accolades on my little brug!!!!

~Brenda
diane_v_44
17 years ago
Brenda

Hard work does pay off

Gorgeous

Diane
taz56
17 years ago
Just Beautiful :)
Susan
karyn1
17 years ago
That's beautiful. So far my cuttings look great even with being completely neglected for almost 2 weeks. I just hope next season is better with regards to my mature plants blooming because this season stunk!

I only have a handful of seed pods and all are still pretty small. Even worse is that a couple are on inground plants and I don't know if I feel like digging them up. I would like to see what the NOL x DD seeds might produce but I don't know if I could dig up a big enough rootball to save the seed pods anyway.