Re: CULT/HYB: pollen & crosses

Walter and Lloyd - thanks for the encouragement!  I don't exactly
remember why I thought that cross with DUSKY CHALLENGER might come up
with something good.

Another question for everybody/anybody - there seems to be no pollen
formed on any of my DUSKY CHALLENGER flowers (only been looking the last
2 or 3 years).  Others on the list say they get pollen - is this another
effect of roller coaster freezes while the flower buds are still in the
rhizome?  On the other hand, someone on the list this spring bemoaned
the fact that CRYSTAL GLITTERS never produces viable pollen for them,
yet I had lots of pollen and even got some crosses to take.

Any theories out there about what might cause these regional or garden
to garden variations among cultivars in pollen production?

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA
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