Tropicals & Tender Perennials: A cheer for Dorthea!, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Hi Bea. It had nothing to do with me. It is in its genetic code to bloom bloom bloom. I received a piece, from above the Y to begin with so it was capable of blooming at any moment and it did. It was probably half of the Y.

I always like the above the Y pieces best. They bloom fastest for me and I get to see what the new brug looks like. If I want to keep it, I take good care of it and feed it well and it will put out suckers great for standards. I let the sucker grow while still attached till it gets the height I want and then I cut and root it.

Thanks Mary for the info! You are the type to love all babies, Sherry! LOL.

Oh Gloria, you must have been so disappointed. If I get any good seeds, sit on me till I send you some if you want them. Today I pollinated all her flowers. I did one with a double pink, one with a new hybrid I have that is incredible. It is big, PINK and has incredibly long tendrils. I have only seen 1 bloom cycle so I do not yet know if she is a keeper, but she has that special twinkle to her blooms.

One with Ruthie and I can't remember which pollen I used on the 4th one. Oh I might have used some German pollen from a brug that is nice but no cigar except for her tendrils and her thick corolla walls and some hot parents. LOL. I was walking around with her pollen painting it on my different double pinks. She has a double pink mother so I figured I may increase chances for double pink offspring with using her pollen on other double pinks.

Thanks Joyce! Elva, how much room do you have? I do not think you have ever seen a brug you did not love. LOL You are so smitten.

I also find the parrot's beak neck much more intriguing than the regular one.