Re: HYB: Ring Around Rosie seedlings - Francelle

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Francelle, Thanks for clearing up a mystery for me. In 2000 I crossed
Christa with Earl of Essex and that cross with Ring round Rosie. All
of seedlings when bloomed were within median size. Three out of four
were blue plicata, 2 dark blue, one light blue. Earl of Essex welcome
home.

Al Bullock
NOVA z7
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> Margie, I am enjoying the pictures of your Epicenter seedlings.
Several
> years ago I crossed Ring Around Rosie with Epicenter and got some
really
> weird things, huge brown luminata-plicata blossoms on about
fifteen inch
> stalks. When I read a message from Rick Ernst that one would
never get a
> good first generation seedling from RAR because they all grow too
short, I
> really believed him. Since then I have heard of other people
getting good
> ones. That is interesting.
>
> One of my Wearing Rubies X Epicenter seedlings is blooming
already, making
> food for birds. I'm going to try to protect some of it to see
what it looks
> like this year. I understand that there is rebloom possibility
there.
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> Francelle Edwards Glendale, AZ Zone 9
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