Re: HYB: PHOTO JEANNE HOLLEY SEEDLING

From: linda Mann <lmann@mailhub.icx.net>

Jeanne Holley in Missouri wrote:
> The seedling is a TB, 32" tall, ML, 7-9 buds, three
> way branching & a spur, petals are heavy substance,
> ruffled and laced, parentage is:  Ruffled Surprise X
> Classic Edition.  

Oh good - it's a late bloomer.  Does it tolerate the late winter/early
spring roller-coaster freezes well (without stalk stunting)?

> Also this is a 1994 seedling, so it should have
> finished its metamorphosis

Would some of you who have had experience with seedlings and the way
they 'metamorphose' talk about this some?  It's been mentioned here, but
not discussed enough for me to know what it means.  

Are all seedlings different their first year of bloom? What's
different?  How does it change (abruptly the next year or gradually over
several years)?  Do some charactersitics take longer to change than
others?  Are the changes only related to plant habit or do they apply to
bloom color and pattern as well?

And anything else you can think of.

Such as, does anybody know or care to speculate about <why> these
changes happen (re: plant morphology/physiology)?

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA



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