seedling variation

From: z88keys@mindspring.com (L.Zurbrigg)

Dear Sharon and all: Just a quick look at one seedling here. The first year
it bloomed on a tall stalk with hardly any branching, but had a gorgeous
yellow flower with huge self-colored flounces. The second year (l999) it
had excellent branching, but the flounces hadd now become much smaller and
were spoons. This was one of those over whom I went into mourning floowing
the hurricanes!!! It  is fairly common for the branching to be atypical the
first year. I guess that the fact that each stalk had now to prepare not
two but 7 or 8 flowers, might account for the less size of the additional
parts.  The color was virtually the same both years. I had re-set it the
fall of l998. Luckily I have a lot of seed from this one, but will hold it
in a corner of my mind, that it may not be very resistant to disease, and
may note to use something quite hardy with the resultant seedlings.   I
could give other examples if any of you are really  anxious to know more on
this subject.  Lloyd Zurbrigg  Durham NC Zone 8.



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