Hi Bill,
The piece of Summerchase Advent you sent me is doing well; no bloom
last year (first year after transplant) but I expect it will this year.
I also have found you can usually tell something about the stature of
seedlings compared to seedlings of "normal" stature. It's also possible
that the little ones will grow up eventually, though.
Ken
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> *Hello Everyone!
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> Been very busy going broke!
> Thought I would post a poor picture of SummerChase Advent seedlings.
> SC Advent is a dwarf SI, 8" to 10" tall. Most seedlings are also dwarf
> - for those who know something about dwarfism it is a very recessive
> trait. Most crosses with average size SIs deliver very few dwarves.
> Attached is a pix of a tray of about 50 seedlings, SC Advent x with an
> average size yellow seedling. All appear to be dwarf, notice in one
> of the right hand row of cells a dwarf seedling without chlorophyll. I
> remember reading a paper regarding a correlation between dwarfism and
> lack of chlorophyll.
> These appear in roughly a 1 in 50 ratio. So far no "white" seedling
> has lasted longer than three years and ever bloomed. They do require
> shade, I always eventually give them too much sun!
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> Bill Dougherty
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