I can see why you love Black Fathom Depths! I've never seen Turquoise Treat before but it is very unusual and eyecatching and now I'm going to look it up....lol.

Black Fathom Depths is a favorite here too. Is your seedling a miniature? I like the color contrast and the way the purple seeps out into the midrib. Very pretty!

Nancy

What a spectacular shot of Black Fathom Depths! Great look. Others are very striking as well. Great way to start out!

Kate

Very nice group! Great clump shot of Black Fathom Depths! Turquoise Treat is eye catching. Your seedling is very pretty as well.

Lori

Golly those are good shots of some beautiful blooms. Can't pick a favorite as they are all appealing.........Maryl

Nancy, that seedling isn't a miniature...I've only bred one "true" miniature and my giant puppy killed it with love last fall. Now I have to start again, ugh.

I actually haven't measured it yet as it often has extra petaloids that I can't decide if I like or no. I love that eye too...sometimes it gets a touch "speckled" too, but just a touch.

Cheers!

~Anika

mantis_oh this is Turquoise Treat's 3rd year with me...this one will NOT thrive in the north in anything but a great spot "right now"...but you're right, let's just see how things are in 10 years, eh? (I have better luck with some other Lambertson's, but this diploid line of his is one I particularly love.)

Definitely the best year I've had with it...last year I was concerned and moved it to a great high-sun spot. Obviously it is saying thank you for that, lol :D

~Anika

Here's a great-grandchild of Turquoise Treat...or is it great-great...my giant puppy also decided it would be a fun game last fall to remove all my seedling labeling from the garden. Thankfully I meticulously keep paper records, but omg...ALL THE COUNTING, ughghgghhg.

When I started hybridizing I thought I'd 'never' turn to diploids...I love their consistency though.

Oh, and said giant puppy? Here she is. Just turned 1...so she's a teenager now, I suppose.

Look at her trying to love her "brother" to death too, ugh, lol. (Last year was rough...we lost our 17 year old Pug-mix and I felt like the world was ending and knew our surviving rescue-boy Cavalier was very lonely too. Then I saw these puppy eyes and...that was that...can you believe this pup had already been in TWO shelters by the time she was 12 weeks old? Sure she's boisterous, but my gods!)

Cheers!

~Anika

Beautiful photos Anika. Quite impressive clump of Black Fathom Depths. I just moved mine this spring so it better shape up or it is shipping out.

Black Fathom Depths is on my wish list after seeing so many great pictures of it. Your clump just makes me want it more. Love the face on your giant puppy-and brother too! Great rescue!

Julia, I'm rooting for yours! I sent a couple of mine to our club sale a couple years ago and have hoped wherever they went is having as good of luck as I. They're in a W facing bed and get tons of afternoon sun.

Nancy, aren't they cute together! She was exactly his size when we adopted her last fall.

She is basically a hunting dog though and is incredibly intelligent. Sometimes her instinct tells her that he's a raccoon or large water fowl or something. I want to do a genetic test on her for Christmas this year. I suspect Brittany X Coonhound but Boykin or any type of Springer/Setter or mix thereof wouldn't surprise me at all either.

You should see the figure-8s she's worn into the backyard. We wanted to go turf-free but I'd not read anywhere in a gardening manual about my new Puppy Lawn Removal method :D

One more seedling...this one is half-sibling to the pale yellow eyed-one in the original post above.

I love its plant habit...(those are rain splotches, not thrip damage, btw)

~Anika

Nice flowers, Anika. I too am not a yellow fan but do like the seedling--great eye! I also like the great grand child of Turquoise Treat.

Brad

Beautiful photos, Anika. Black Fathom Depths is an absolute favorite of mine so I love all those photos and keep going back to them. Your seedling is very pretty.

kay

Kay, here's another of BFD on a different day...I don't baby these plants in the least either; if I fertilized I'd imagine it'd be legendary.

And another seedling because I really really really like this one.

~Anika

Black Fathom Depths looks quite legendary without the fertilizer! You are getting some gorgeous patterned seedlings. I especially love those sibs!

Debra