Fw: seedling

Linda asked, in a direct message, about one of the parents of ALLELUIA and
KINDLE A FLAME.  With her permission, here are the answers.

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@erols.com>
To: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: seedling


> Linda  -- I hope you won't mind my answering your questions on the list,
> though you asked them of me directly.  There might be some information of
> interest to others.  Taking your questions in order:
>
> Have I gotten any reblooming seedlings from 954D2?  No. I think it would
> take some more rebloom in what it's crossed with in order to produce that.
> SPIRIT OF MEMPHIS has never rebloomed for me here.  For that matter,
almost
> none of the more than 2 dozen rebloomers I have reblooms.  But you never
> know.  HOLY NIGHT and BEST BET never rebloomed for me.  But my cross of
> (HOLY NIGHT x BEST BET) x (HOLY NIGHT x SWEETER THAN WINE) produced
> HAUNTING, a faithful rebloomer here.
>
> What did 93N2 (a parent of 954D2) look like?  Red-violet (grape-ish)
> standards, maroon velvet falls, pendant and slightly ruffled, no hafts,
and
> a bronze yellow beard.  It didn't have the band around the falls that its
> siblings had, but the band came back in 954D2, along with bright hafts
> (which I attributed to its other parent, SPIRIT OF MEMPHIS).
>
> Yes, the yellow seedling (WABASH x Crossman yellow seedling) was a
> itone  -- non-preposessing yellow standards and muddy yellow falls, but
the
> flower form was good, and the muddiness in the falls, as far as I was
> concerned, hinted at velvet falls down the line.  I haven't been
> disappointed.
>
> WABASH is a child of the central plains  -- north central Indiana, to be
> precise.  I first saw it blooming in a long-neglected, tree-shaded
planting
> along a street in Indianapolis.  With the owner's permission, I harvested
> some of what was left of it.   It will survive, without rot, in full
shade,
> but the bloom is much reduced.
> --  Griff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda Mann" <lmann@volfirst.net>
> To: "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@erols.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:01 AM
> Subject: Re: seedling
>
>
> > Griff . . .I've been curious to see how some of
> > your WABASH seedling lines would do here, but had no idea this one
[954D2]
> was
> > out of a rebloomer too!  Are you getting any rebloom from its seedlings?
> >
> > Was the yellow seedling a bitone?  And what did 93N2 look like?
> >
> > Poor WABASH - she has not been happy with global warming here,
> > especially after being moved out into more sun and better drainage.  The
> > original clump location got overgrown with shade, so she was dwindling
> > there as well.  I think I better find her a permanent spot on the north
> > side of the house where she will at least get shade from the afternoon
> > sun and I can mulch and water her, if I can manage to keep the weeds
> > down.

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