Shiorbi x Gray Lady from seeds from Becky

quick post these are blooming
I planted 3 seeds I got from Becky, all 3 plants in the same pot and so far two different blooms and 1 plant has variegated leaves.
1st on is darker flower w/ variegated leaves

This is the ligher flower........w/ solid leaves.
These were from the same seeds " Shiorbi x Gray Lady"...
What a difference between the two !

Love the first three. Congratulations!

MJ - Love your blooms! All 4 of them! You just never know what you are gonna get with seeds. If they are crossed and that is a probability, then anything is possible! Save me seeds from the lighter one. (and the darker one, too!) I am going to have to go back and check the leaves on mine to see if it produced solid or variegated leaves. Very cooooool!

Mine had solid leaves: http://davesgarden.com/community/blogs/t/beckygardener/9413/

VERY interesting!!!

yeah, I don't know anything about crossing them i just plant them and watch em grow ! but think it's cool when something "different" happens.....

Ohhh very neat! I was poking around on this forum trying to figure out what I just planted (had the garden all torn up this spring and am getting a very late start)...and MJ, here was your thread. Perfect! I threw the Shiorbi x Gray Lady seeds in with a few others when I planted (out of room), and am so intrigued to see what I end up with! I am a total newbie to Morning Glories, but I sure love a good bloom mystery, and all those bloom are quite beautiful :-). Thanks again for the seeds, Becky!



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You are quite welcome, Sunny! I hope you get some great blooms on the MG vines you are growing.

MJ - My first year ... I just grew them too. But then got more interested in hand-pollinating and crossing them. If this becomes a true addiction/obsession for you ... then I would not be surprised to see you doing that next ... :-D

sunny,
I wish we were "neighbors", ! We seem to like so many of the same plants......these JMG's are intriguing, but I'm sorry to say I don't have the patience or discipline for the details of cross pollination ! Well, I might do it but never get around to writing down "what" I had done!!! With 11 acres, horses, dogs, grandkids, boyfriend, well, I just plant stuff.......all over the place !!!!!!!!!!!! I still have many JMG seeds left and am wondering....."Is it too late to start them"......ummmmmmmmmmmm this coming from the person w/ seeds still soaking or in coffee filters or in trays out on the racks outside.........or just thrown in the ground...........
mj
ps.. the JMG;s are just outside the back door so I see them first.....and of course have to stop and see....ummm, what do we have today? So if anything really different I'll take pics.!

LOL MJ...yes, we have excellent taste in plants ;-).

Well, I noticed my morning glories popped up today...I can't wait to see some blooms!

a few more pics...
the leaf patterns are really cool....
and a 3rd flower pattern

one more shot

sunny take pics !
I've got another one planted, Kongo x something or other can't remember I'll have to look at the tag.
Oh..I finally got 2 blue shrimp plants to sprout, but their not doing very well )-:

lovely blooms mjsponies.... which ones your favorite... i can't choose between the lighter one and the one with the star pattern... :-)

I like them all, but I think the darker star pattern, and it's the one with the variegated leaves.
What do the seeds pods look like on mg's ? I've never collected seeds for them before and what to get these.