HYB: (was OT-BIO Neil Mogenson)

Neil wrote in reply to Linda Mann's query about his hybridizing goals:

<Just good ones getting better, I think.  I like very wide form and 
lots of ruffles, but I'm looking very critically at vigor, even-
tempered growth habit, sharp, clean foliage, disease and pest 
resistance (if there is such a thing), bud count, branching and so 
on.  I think the day is past and the competition much too keen for 
new introductions to be temperamental or to have maybe four or five 
blooms per stalk.  I think most hybridizers are getting sensitive to 
these issues, but when something comes along that is just too, too 
good in the individual bloom, how easy it is to forget all the rest.>


Welcome to the list, Neil!  And thank you for the above comment.  Hurray!  
One of our requirements for plants of any species in our garden is that they 
grow well and do not require special attention to thrive.  What good is a 
plant to a *regular* (as opposed to a collector/specialized) gardener if it 
must be babied?

Having said that, I think that there are color breakthroughs from time to 
time that hybridizers may introduce because other hybridizers want to include 
them in their breeding programs.  Since I just dabble a bit with hybridizing, 
I am making an assumption.  How about it, hybridizers?  Is this the case?

Judy Hunt in Louisville, KY, Zone 6, getting snow today.
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