Another First Blush seedling

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waldo
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Another First Blush seedling

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Last year I posted pictures of an open pollinated First Blush seedling, seed was obtained from Jim's Hostas. Last year I also posted "Seed search" looking for some seeds with a red flower genetic back ground and redcrx was generous enough to send me some, five packs in all. Among them were some H. "Dostoyevsky" selfed seed. I managed to raise ten seedlings and six of the ten flowered last summer. I then pollinated my H. "First Blush" with pollen from one of them. I am posting a few pictures of one seedling from that cross. I think the leaves are attractive and I'm hoping for red/pink flowers. I have five total and I won't know until they flower if I have any red flowers. Will have to wait and see.
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First Blush X Dostoyevsky selfed January 15, 2018
First Blush X Dostoyevsky selfed January 15, 2018
First Blush X Dostoyevsky selfed January 21, 2018
First Blush X Dostoyevsky selfed January 21, 2018
First Blush X Dostoyevsky selfed January 21, 2018
First Blush X Dostoyevsky selfed January 21, 2018
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Re: Another First Blush seedling

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Beautiful!
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Re: Another First Blush seedling

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Just a couple of newer pictures.Out of the five in this cross,this is the one that has the most red pigment in the leaves, still a work in progress. :)
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This leaf color of this seedling has changed significantly in the last few weeks.
This leaf color of this seedling has changed significantly in the last few weeks.
Note the smaller seedling to the bottom left, this is a sibling showing pink also.
Note the smaller seedling to the bottom left, this is a sibling showing pink also.
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Re: Another First Blush seedling

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:o :eek: :cool: :beer: :beer: NICE!!!!
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Sweet!!
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Re: Another First Blush seedling

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I agree, that is very nice. Great to see this one have so much potential. I can imagine getting something nice and thick like a good blue into this one could be good. Bob is probably working on that a lot. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Another First Blush seedling

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Wow! Gorgeous!
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