Re: SR - Dwarf Siberians
Hello Bill,
I hope you have used the pollen on a likely candidate for retaining the red
color. I also hope that you post a picture of this flower - crimson red for
color is really something else. Sounds pretty exciting to me.
Jim in Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada
"William C. Dougherty" wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> The TSI article on small or dwarf siberians was excellent and timely for
> me. I saw a first year seedling that was magnificient. Bloomed at 13",
> crimson red with small white signal. The falls were held at 90 degrees and
> form was so full and rounded that the whole flower was nearly a circle. It
> was in perfect proportion to plant height. Now the tough part of the
> evaluation, it appears to be a weak grower. The whole plant consists of
> five leaves and two look sickly, yellowed. I took pictures which have not
> yet been developed. A couple fellow ISM members did see the first bud
> bloom, the second bud did not reach full maturity as the weather changed
> from two days of 90 to one evening at 35 and a day time high of 50 with
> high winds and drizzle!
>
> We will see what next year brings in terms of increase and vigor!
>
> Bill Dougherty
> Fridley, MN
>
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Old school buds here:
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