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Tropicals & Tender Perennials: 'Phantasm's Tears' Blooms Again ...FINALLY!!, 0 by Abutilon

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Abutilon wrote:
This brug I showed at this forum last year was hybridized 1998 but my then 21 year daughter just graduated
PSU in horticulture genetics. CG x s white
It bloomed once before we near lost it when a greenhouse heater went on a frigid night.
All that remained February 2000 was a 2 1/2' stalk ..that had to fight for its life.

Nursed back from the grave the last 2+ years it has been opening all week.
Anxious, anxious, anxious ..LOL

If like last time it opens chartreuse as seen .. then should turn pure white as it ages.
Long bells with a skinny beginning. Nice fragrance, too.

A HAPPY week here (((o:

This message was edited Saturday, Mar 29th 9:56 AM