Re: White standards - darker falls

From: jimsullivansgarden@home.com

Hi Marty,
Thank you very much for the information and especially for your own
experience involving this particular area. It sounds like all you need
is a breakthrough to realize this combination of colors.  The reason I
asked this question initially was because I had a seedling that
displayed white standards and very pale blue(actually two different
blues) falls.   Thanks again and I will keep the siberians you mentioned
in mind when I put in orders this fall.   Jim in Saskatoon, Sask. Canada

Jpwflowers@aol.com wrote:
> 
> From: Jpwflowers@aol.com
> 
> >From Marty Schafer, Carlisle, MA cold zone 5, where the season is coming to
> an end quickly after poking along nicely.  Three days of high 80s and 90s
> have burned up most of the new seedlings.
> 
> Jim, Super Ego is said to have white standards and blue falls, but I think
> the white is really light blue.  Every once in a while a seedling appears
> with significantly lighter standards than falls in the reds, purples and
> blues, but never true clean white.  Pinks and yellows often have white
> standards, but it's hard to get those darker colors to co-operate.  I've been
> working on this pattern ever since Sailor's Fancy appeared (it has light blue
> standards over darker falls) and haven't seen a whole lot of progress.  I
> suppose the thing to do would be to cross the light-standard seedlings with
> each other and with things like Pink Snowtop and see what we get.  Otherwise
> we'll have to plant lots of seedlings and wait for a spontaneous mutation.
> 
> One thing that has appeared is flowers with pure white style arms over medium
> to very dark reds, purples and blues.  If the style arms are large enough,
> they can give the impression of the pattern you are looking for.  In my
> garden they usually have some unforgivable fault like two buds per stalk or
> an abundance of four parted flowers.  Marty
> 
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