Morning Glories: Summer Skies, 1 by gardener2005

gardener2005 wrote:
Karla`s flower doesn`t have a star I can see in the picture. If you want to get rid of the star from the well established Blue Star that may or not be possible depending on what is there in the genes.

Karla`s flower is different from the Heavenly blues I have seen that are blue And have the star as well because I don`t see the star marking in this flower.

If the genes for the star are dominant and have no recessive factors to surface then it will remain blue star generation after generation unchanged.

If there is a recessive hidden trait for not having the star then it could show up and I think if it was there then it wouldn`t take long for it to surface.

One suggestion would be is to crossbreed the Blue Star with Karla`s solid without a star light color Heavenly Blue and maybe work on growing and selecting from there.

As far as seed colors I imagine you could select seeds for colors too.

Here is a picture of the Blue Star I grew this year.

Here is another picture in the plant files of a Heavenly blue with no star that could be crossed with blue star to get rid of the blue star. Actually this cross would give you a clue as far as if the blue star trait was dominant or recessive in the first place.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/8854/



This message was edited Aug 4, 2007 2:24 PM