Hybridizers: And so it begins..., 1 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
[quote=\"pmmGarak\"]I have now 2 plants with a net pattern on the upper lip (4,5) - i\'ve never seen that before in a snapdragon - all patterns I know are broken colors, no distinctive netting. I think I like the feature and will try to make a selection for that effect. And after it is stable, I might try to transfer it from the low growing form it has now, to the elegant high growing forms...[/quote]Hi Martin,

I like that feature too, and although I am no expert on snapdragons, I don\'t recall seeing that in any commercial snap.

I probably would not be as methodical as you, and I would grow some good commercial snaps now, including the tall ones and the unusual flower forms, and cross your netted ones on them. It would help if you had a lot of room to grow snaps and could grow hundreds of them. Anyway, I approve of what you are doing with snaps -- they have a great variety of commercial colors, flower forms, and plant habits to work with, so the possibilities are almost unlimited with snaps if they grow well in your climate. Apparently Kansas is too hot for them.

I am attaching a photo of a current Whirligig zinnia that has a repeat of the tip color at the petal base (or vice versa). That\'s somewhat unusual. I don\'t mean to hijack your thread for my zinnias though.

ZM