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Jim Sproul
( |( X. f! s8 P/ zThis is the BEST of 2007 Hulthemia. Follow the photos from top to bottom to see how it matures.2 R" J' p8 m* T$ r" q+ g f5 u0 e
% g8 ]0 h. l; @% A9 L* kI am expecting great things from this hulthemia hybrid seedling. It is the best all around hulthemia
5 o4 ^4 ~: p: T) h% Ithat I have grown so far. This is the very first bloom on this seedling (photo was taken on 4/21/07).
. E. s9 }5 Z+ q3 q9 x- cIn my experience, the hulthemia blotch improves considerably with maturity and in cooler weather. , M/ J% {/ I$ R
I will expect that the blotch will lighten as the summer warms up, and then darken in the fall. The 8 c8 w( }* H- s1 y
hulthemia blotch also seems to get darker in the second season and onwards. Time will tell....% u+ g! b1 K b$ f( b1 \) j
. S; e) w" l# y+ w" I1 P' S0 x8 m3 lBelow, I will add updates with future photos to show how the seedling matures." b2 J s+ d+ j1 I
" _7 S0 ], O3 `3 @* E k; `In the photo below there are two blooms shown during the second bloom cycle. Notice how the
: ^7 U/ q( h: L7 {outer parts of the petals are lighter as compared to the first bloom seen above. Colors tend to be 5 e- y: _8 F8 ?* x- Z
lighter as the weather warms up. Photo was taken on May 12, 2007., t1 i) q3 O: N: ]# y8 p
, A+ y( h2 v4 _/ K: i8 JThe photo below is of the plant finishing out its second bloom cycle and was taken on 5/28/07.
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5 m& c% G$ F5 c! `7 u+ GOn June 29, 2007, two buds of the above seedling were grafted outside onto rootstock.
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The photo below was taken 6/30/07. I am pleased that the blotch has not faded more.) Z3 | ~4 M, H, _- k3 d
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7 T7 n4 I9 J5 j( o2 z' [' _This next photo below was taken 9/1/07. We have had about one week with temps. at around 100, with
/ V+ c! k% _- ?- j6 Tthe last two days being about 105. This seedling by far, has the most heat stable blotch that I have seen.
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( W" S8 |* @ {The next two photos were taken on 10/20/07. Already, you can see how the blotch has intensified during the cooler
# ^9 O7 F( B5 {7 Xweather. The first photo below was taken inside the greenhouse, while the second photo below was taken outside. 2 p0 [. a0 j* G4 [9 Q |; z, @
The blooms are starting to get back the white halo visible around the blotch that was seen in the young seedling (photo at top).
0 |5 N/ k# c+ |8 |7 g% p" \Bloom color seems to be very much the same outside as inside (that is not always the case).
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Finally, here is a spray of the outside grafted plant taken on 10/21/07
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Here below is a small spray from a cutting that is blooming outside. Photo was taken on 5/31/08.
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