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Would like to add some scape/bract pictures of 'So Sweet.' They stayed nice even after the flowering was done and there were no pods. Every time I've walked by them they are still so sweet. These pictures taken today, Oct. 8.

Really interesting coloration.

I 'like' it. Never heard of it but it has a catchy name.

Yes, these are the first I ever grew and I put some S. Elegans seeds on potting soil in the top half of an egg carton, inside a bread bag, on my laundry room window. 1000's of seedlings came up. Half were lost to damping off before I got them spread out in more containers. It was a great experiment ...

I love growing seeds just for the differences they bring. And some are quite like their pod parent, sometimes a little better, sometimes not as good. And sometimes, way different. Here's a group of "S. Elegans" seedlings. One very yellow and one with very floppy, rumpled leaves. The others just green.

I made one in '96 or '97, with peat, perlite and concrete. It's still holding together.

What a great place! Thank you for sharing photos.

On the Hosta Library site under Hybridizing, scroll down, there is an article by Bill Nash, About Seed Growing.

http://www.hostalibrary.org/hyb/index.html

PS May your seed growing endeavors product wonderful seedlings.

These are the white ones in my garden: Whirlwind and Thunderbolt. I'm hoping that since there is a bit of color on Whirlwind, it will have some viable seed.

Mine came today, also.

These are some nice photos of 'Stained Glass.' Here's mine taken today.

Oh, ok. I was looking for the place to post and thought this was it.

'Stained Glass' is new for me this year and when I first saw it, I was unimpressed, but it was a gift. It looked like 'Emerald Tiara,' it was that small. But now 3 months later, it is really nice and has doubled in size.

So you're saying, Chris, that if they are not 'greened' up by August like 'F. Albopicta,' then they aren't a true 'Whirlwind?'
As you can see, mine is still fairly white in September! I must have an impostor!

It's one of my favorites; even the more 'greened' up one is nice,

Had to look back and see if you had posts on 'Whirlwind.' Here is mine today with pods.

Those are all lovely.
(By the way, the grandkids pointed out 2 crx's on the freeway today; the first one was red.)

I'm new here on Hallson Gardens forum, but a friend of Linda P's. Here is my 'Dixie Chickadee' when it came last June. I thought it was the cutest thing I'd seen. It's in a 8 oz glass of water.