Monday, October 26, 2009

Anne HarknessTobacco
CD seedling
???
Prosperity seedling

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

1 Sept.

Odd looking squash. I'm guessing it is a natural hybrid from last year. Wonder how edible this thing is....

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

26 Aug


Foliage shot of KO seedling in the shade pit (dropped a petal, notice the eye/halo).
sunbright

Saturday, August 22, 2009

22 Aug

Mystery rose. Tall. Subtle striping. Strong fruity fragrance. Any ideas...?One of Moore's... name escapes me at the moment.
I can't say enough good about Arthur Bell
A scrumptious looking orange tomato. I think it's a cross between yellow pear and an unknown red.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

20 Aug.

I'm liking the color on this seedling.

That VD rose after it ages.
Arthur Bell has turn out to be a fantastic no-spray rose here in TN, with nice fragrance to boot.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Miscellaneous

Butterfly bushes tend to seed naturally in my yard. I try to pot them and do something with them. This is one that has a different color than the others.
Another rooted VD rose.

Amaryllids

It's not just all about roses even though they tend to give the easiest and quickest reward. I try to hybridize alot of things. Yellow lilies are an example. Here's another.

Apparent seed pods on Lycoris squamigera. Perhaps a hybrid with a blue Agapanthus (intentional). No guarantees on that's what they are... or that I will have germination.

My experience with amaryllids is that one can go many years without seed and then out of the blue they will produce some.
Seedlings from above.
Lycoris radiata
An example of seed pods.
Lycoris radiata seed.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

12aug

Carefree Delight x Robin HoodKO x Prosperity
Hot Cocoa x Graham Thomas
Carefree Beauty seedling
rooted VD florist rose
Christian Dior

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Gardenia seedlings starting to develop some character.
Rosemary Harkness. So far my favorite colored rose.
The dad to that green prosp. thing. Any ideas what this is?
My other prosp. derivative.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

HC x OK again.

Semi-doubles are my favorite...so I'm really liking this one. I just wish it would grow!
I wanted to show the foliage of this cuz it's looking quite nice.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Rain bringing blooms.

Hot Cocoa x OK again

Another rooted VD florist rose

The pom pom thing. Rain weighing it down heavily.

Moore's Striped Rugosa. I am so glad to have gotten this.

Monday, August 3, 2009

3 Aug

It's very double- like I said. I keep hearing in my head, "cabbage on a stick." I think this is what sells though.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

First of August!

Slow to open. Maybe tomorrow.

Friday, July 31, 2009

I've not seen miniature hybrid musk sprays like this...I keep hoping it will grow some.
My Sunshine...right up my alley!
4th bloom on this. Should be fairly close to having its full number of petals. I'll be photographing this a lot the next few days.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

First Hips of the Season!

The one on the left is a Carefree Beauty seedling x Valentines Day Florist rose. First cross of the season, it had five months to ripen. The one on the right is a Midas Touch (x KO?)- immature (I'm blaming the neighbors dogs). I was told Midas Touch doesn't work well as a seed parent. We'll see, I have three or four exceptionally large hips on it.


Two pictures of Midas Touch. She has nice fragrance as well.


KO seedling foliage, again. This is what I want to put into my yellows eventually.