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4 months ago

The temperatures are going cooler this week. With night temps in the 50s and low 60s, a lot of my daylilies will have trouble opening. The low this morning was 56, and only a few UFs were open correctly by 9 a.m.

Michael Davisson had much darker color after rain and coller temps. I'm so glad to see this one with tall scapes this season. It was always short in Nashville, and here last year. I don't think it's the registered 35 inches yet, but it is in the 30s now. It's increased a bit since moving.

Absolute Ripper didn't bloom last year, but it sent up scapes on four of its six fans this year. Two scapes are tall, and two scapes are short.

(Integrated Logistics X Sugar Magnolia) X Mister Mayor #2 with its first flower ever.

Core Values X Bowtie Affair finally showed its complex pattern. It had about seven blooms today, and all showed varying amount of patterning in the eye. This bloom had the best pattern. I guess it needs cooler temps that what we've had to turn on the kaleidescope.

Judy's Jewel X Bubblegum Queen #1, an evergreen, is doing great after settling in. It's outdoing parent BQ with buds and branching this time. I think I'll have a couple of scapes with bud counts in the 20s.

Judy's Jewel X Bubblegum Queen #2, a semi-evergreen, seems more affected by the harsh winter with super short scapes and fewer buds than last year. (Last year this one had 18 buds on a couple of scapes.)

Debra

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organic_kitten

4 months ago

The seedlings look really good. I am glad you are having success. And I am particularly glad none of you were involved in all those tornadoes.

kay

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mantis__oh
4 months ago
JJ seedling #1 seems quite promising. Are they comparable size? Color looks very similar. Michael D's change is interesting. I do have a few that are taller, probably because of the warm spring.
shive
Original Author
4 months ago
Mantis - Bubblegum Queen has an 8-inch bloom on 32-inch scapes. JJ XBQ 1 has 7.5 inch bloom on 28-inch scapes. It's normally lighter in color than the sibling. JJXBQ 2 this season has 7-inch blooms on 20-22 inch scapes. In the past it had 7.5-inch blooms.

Debra

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sherrygirl zone5 N il
4 months ago
It appears your seedlings are doing much better this season. I hope you continue to see tha pattern on the Core Values X, it is lovely.

I am happy about the cooler temps this week, maybe a little more rain. There were 17 tornadoes in the communities around us a fewdays ago., the worst was in Streator , about 40 miles from here.

Sherry
shive
Original Author
4 months ago
Sherry - That's a lot of tornados! I didn't realize there was damage in my neighborhood from last Monday's storms/tornado until the weekend. Two really big trees were down in the next block!

Debra
lilykate7a
4 months ago
The seedlings look happy and are looking good. I really like the Judy’s Jewel seedlings but the Integrated Logistics seedling looks really pretty as well. I’m glad they are settling in.
shive
Original Author
4 months ago
Kay and Kate - Thanks for your comments on the seedlings. I've been lucky that most of my seedlings are doing as well or better than they did in Nashville.

Debra
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
4 months ago
Boy, sure looks like a lot of buds on Bubblequeen seedling #1. What color would you call that?...........Maryl
shive
Original Author
4 months ago
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Maryl - I would call both Bubblegum Queen seedlings rose pink. The color on Number 1 is much darker than normal because of the cool temps. Here's what it looks like normally when nights are not in the 50s.

Debra
Brad KY 6b
4 months ago
I really like (Integrated Logistics X Sugar Magnolia) X Mister Mayor #2

Brad
Julia WV (7a)
4 months ago
last modified: 4 months ago
Lovely group Debra. You should be so proud of your seedlings. We were at 47 this morning but I love the daytime temps these past few days. Lots of garden work got done.

Julia