SEEDLING PAGE 7
Our introduction, BELLE OF ASHWOOD, is one of the finest plants, instant rebloomers and parents we have introduced. But we have covered that extensively else where. This page is dedicated to what we are seeing coming from the breeding. Perhaps the most significant characteristic from BOA is the way in which it puts instant reblooming ability into its babies. We learned in 2007 that a double dose of Belle can do what you see in the image below.
We kept the size of the image larger than usual to allow you to see clearer what the plant is doing. This is instant rebloom on steroids. Is it a step toward true continuous bloom. We would love to see that. The point is that BELLE OF ASHWOOD has proven itself to be powerful in passing this highly desirable ability to its progeny. We will try to illustrate below some of the flexibility BOA has in breeding for a variety of colors. (We let all heck break lose in 2006 in this regard and we will see a large variety of of BELLE babies crosses to colors heretofore unexplored.)
Crossed to MARY'S BABY this was one of the results. The purple from MB dominated as we hoped it would. The instant rebloom from BOA came through. A purple with instant rebloom with the kind of color you see in the image. Can you see the smile I have on my face right now?
A cross of BELLE OF ASHWOOD and a sib to MEMORIAL TO STEVE produced this beauty. This seedling was one of the most bright, striking and simply beautiful we saw bloom in 2007. Did the instant rebloom for BOA come through on this beauty? You bet it did!