Teddahlia Cell phone picture original has the flower as lavender and it is actually "Barbie" pink. 2024 seedling and the flower has a very tight center and extreme depth. We keep the pictures to remember the seedlings and if the picture is the wrong color it is very confusing the next year.
Juliarugula Teddahlia I got to where I was fairly decent with my Canon SLR back in architecture school, but trying to take quick photos of my kids later on got me out of the habit of using any manual settings. And then out of the habit of having anything large and breakable. And then iPhone photo technology got so advanced and so easy…. So I exclusively use my phone these days. I was really excited to discover that I can adjust the f-stop in portrait mode recently. The other advantage of a phone it that it’s easy to hold a bloom in one hand and take a photo with the other.
Teddahlia Speaking of HH Pink Tigress, someone posted a picture of a show in Washington and Pink Tigress won best triple waterlily. That is probably it's highest award since it was a seedling and won a prize for the most cut flower potential.
Krista Adding a not great photo of the only plant I have blooming in Seattle. I didn’t dig this one last year and expected to lose “Blown Dry” but she made it through the winter and decided to come up again after all. Her foliage looks questionable and this flower doesn’t seem to have the same yellow ombré effect that I’m seeing online — not sure if it’s temps/soil/broken down genetics but I’m enjoying her regardless.
calico20hill calico20hill Having trouble posting. I think I turned something off and now don't know how to fix it to share my pics. Frustrating!
Krista calico20hill Oh dear, if so love to see your seedling photo! I hope you can get a reset so you can upload images again. I wanted to share another photo of this bloom, the color in the center has changed quite a bit in the vase!
MissyWeitzel Appaloosa I am hoping to get the next blooms in time for our WMDS show next weekend. Just in case that doesn't work out, I snipped this one and put it in a hydration chamber in the fridge and I'll put it on a hairclip and wear it to the show.
bloomhjelm MissyWeitzel I just love Appaloosa. I hoped to get it this year but got some other Iler's intros instead: Abbey, Celeste, Fresh Burst, Daisy Adair, TicToc.
Bessie Hollyhill Pandora again defies the environment in my yard and is blooming nicely. I really need to improve my labeling... This was marked as a saved tuber of Hollyhill Snowdrop 😖
calico20hill It is cool indeed! I seem to have locked myself out of posting pics and can't figure out how to unblock it. So frustrating as I have some awesome ones this season! Until I can figure it out, I am posting them on facebook.
JessieC Juliarugula Your Hollyhill blooms are amazing! I want to add so many for next year. I overdid it with Ball and mini ball types this year 🟡🟣🟠 Teddahlia I love the story of Paxton, and I do know who he was. A fitting tribute to a true innovator.
Teddahlia HH Angela is named after Margaret's niece. Tiger Rose is a street name . Lawrence is the name of the father of Margaret's friend. Serenity is the movie. Pinkie was the Pinkie of the Bucky and Pinkie who were fraternal twins in our neighborhood. Black Beauty is the most obviously stolen name of the horse in the book. I wanted to name a nice pink one Barbie but the Boleys named their nice one Barbie. Exotica was used as the flower is wildly colored.
Juliarugula Teddahlia what do you mean by “street name”? Was it a sport of Pink Tigress and people just started calling it Tiger Rose? I’m really enjoying HH Lawrence - what a fun flower!
