Trying for red flowers
Posted: Aug 15, 2016 11:16 am
Last season I got a "red" flowered hosta in - Dostoyevsky. It's more magenta or maybe dark red or maroon - hard to tell when you are red/green color blind.
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It flowered and I have been trying to use its pollen on some of my plants - I have never had success before. I didn't think it would work this time either because it's been so hot. But in my backyard under the trees there must be a cooler environment because I'm seeing pods forming.
clausa normalis has a couple,
Torch Light has a couple,
Koriyama has a bunch - I had 3 scapes to work with,
The Perfect Storm has a couple,
One Man's Treasure has a couple,
Dragon Warrior has none,
Curly Fries has none - lots of flowers on multiple scapes but no pods.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=60840
It flowered and I have been trying to use its pollen on some of my plants - I have never had success before. I didn't think it would work this time either because it's been so hot. But in my backyard under the trees there must be a cooler environment because I'm seeing pods forming.
clausa normalis has a couple,
Torch Light has a couple,
Koriyama has a bunch - I had 3 scapes to work with,
The Perfect Storm has a couple,
One Man's Treasure has a couple,
Dragon Warrior has none,
Curly Fries has none - lots of flowers on multiple scapes but no pods.