What the..........

Well this sure was a big surprise this morning.

Wow! .. you can see it's definitely part of the family .. anyone else have this happen with Sunrise Serenade?

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Strange too .. I think I'll call it Midnight Serenade if it sets seeds and breeds true.

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This message was edited Sep 18, 2007 9:57 AM

beautiful name too!

Hey Anne - Nice dark blue split petals you got there

There's 2 in the PlantFiles already that are very similar...

Blue Split Personality
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/127325/
Purple Feathered
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/126526/

TTY,...

Ron

It just came out of nowhere.

I went back outside and followed the "trail" . It was actually easy to do because the girth of the vine is about a third as thick as the rest. It's a single plant, but the seeds planted are all from the same batch, which makes me wonder if the provider (can't remember who) had a sense of humor and threw 1 blue SS in there or it is a mutation.

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This message was edited Sep 18, 2007 10:36 AM

The 'purps' pick up genes for splitting and/or one that was a solid funnel that was carrying for split decided to express itself...

Really nice!!!

Thanks .. I've been searching all over for a blue sunrise serenade .. can't find one .. hope this one makes seeds. I tagged it.

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What an eye opener. It's a beaut!!

Maybe a bee came along and pollinated a Sunrise Serenade with a purple purpurea. With all the SS I've been growing, I hope it happens to me!

Anne X - I've been getting double blues and purple I.purpurea for 'quite a few years' and have shared seeds with plenty of other MG gardeners...

I traded some of my double blue-purple I.purpurea to a fellow in Quebec,Canada who owns Solana Seeds
http://solanaseeds.netfirms.com/splitblue31.JPG
http://solanaseeds.netfirms.com/splitblue2.jpg
http://solanaseeds.netfirms.com/splitblue4.jpg
http://solanaseeds.netfirms.com/splitblue3.jpg
and he subsequently offered them for sale...

I noticed that Cynda offered them the first season after Solana did...

I think yours is descended from my old stock...JMHO...

TTY,...

Ron

It's beautiful....

Joanne

I love that rich dark blue, it's close to that same blue as the F1 blue from the first Blue Picotee X Minibar that I'm trying so desperately stabilize.

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