HYB: Pinks and pastel beard color
- Subject: HYB: Pinks and pastel beard color
- From: n*@charter.net
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 22:45:38 -0000
Patricial Brooks asked about sources or breeding materials for pastel
beard colors in pinks. I note in Keith Keppel's catalog for 1999 and
2001 notes about his cross of FOGBOUND and LOTUS LAND giving quite a
range of pastels with pink rather than "tangerine" beards. Both of
them look to be quite vigorous here and I hope to see bloom on them
this year. I suspect most pinks heavy to Fay/Moldovan/Rudolph/Gatty
bloodline would be good sources in this regard as many of them run to
the pastel in beard tone. Lotus Land is mainly from this breeding
via the tweezers of Joe Ghio and Keppel.
Fogbound is described as having "pink and white" beards and has the
added plus of including Honky Tonk Blues in its pedigree.
Niswonger's blue-bearded pink breeding tends to the pastel in beard
colors, I believe. I find DIRECT FLIGHT not only to have lovely cool
pink color, but a harmonious beard, good branching and good plant
habit too. The beard is described as "tangerine..., blue at end" but
what it looked like here last year was much cooler than "tangerine"
and quite in keeping with the over-all flower tone. It is fertile
both pod and pollen.
Neil Mogensen zone 7a in western North Carolina
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