Re: IB:Fertility

From: Gullo <tgf@frontiernet.net>

Hi All,

     I made the changes with the spell checker and they still showed up wrong.
Sorry about that everyone.

Michael Gullo
West Walworth, NY
zone 6

Gullo wrote:

> From: Gullo <tgf@frontiernet.net>
>
> Hi Chris,
>
>      I don't mean to denigrate Lo Ho Silver it grows fairly well for me and once
> rebloomed for me, although it was in early Dec. of an exceptional fall season.
> I have heard many wonderful reports about this cultivar and it's rebloom
> strength.  I have just found Lo Ho to be difficult to use in crosses as it
> doesn't seem to be very fertile.  That said, I have tried to use it a number of
> times and managed to get some seed, but always in small numbers.  Up until a few
> years ago none of the seed had ever germinated.  I finally managed to get some
> seeds to germinate (2) and the plants seemed to be in good shape, but they
> rotted over the winter (don't know if they tried to grow over the winter).  I
> have one more plant from that cross which germinated last season and was making
> good growth.  Have to wait and see if it makes it through this winter.  I have
> always found I Bless to be more persistent in it's attempt to fall bloom though
> it is often too late.  I have a couple of white IB seedlings which are more
> dependable in their fall bloom.
>      I certainly don't want to discourage anyone in their hybridizing endeavors
> and wish you good luck in your efforts.  It is entirely possible that my Lo Ho
> clone is for some reason a bit finicky, hard to say.  I would like to know if
> anyone has had more success hybridizing with Lo Ho Silver.
>
> Michael Gullo
> West Walworth, NY
> zone 6
> Now I don't feel so bad when I see my 5' snowbank out the front window.
>
> Chris Darlington wrote:
>
> > From: Chris Darlington <chris.darlington@sympatico.ca>
> >
> > Hmmmm , Hi Michael,
> >
> > I'm surprised to hear the HO LOW is hard to work with.  I have two
> > rhizomes of it which I got last summer and they've increased with a
> > vengence.  Many a cross has been planned with this CV and I've already
> > collected pollen and am presently storing in the freezer.  To my mind ,
> > this was a sure fire way to come up with some new IB or TB everbloomers
> > but we'll just have to wait and see now.  I'll report back on this
> > subject when daubing season begins.
> >
> > Chris Darlington
> >  presently gazing out the window at a ten foot snowbank in freezing cold
> > summerless Blainville Quebec.
> >
>
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