Hallson Gardens

Thanks for the greetings, the project moves on and have to say the streakers fared better than expected and i now have at least a hundred properly divided and green part removed (of course some of the green reverts where pretty nice looking so they are getting a chance too). I too love the white bac...

Greetings all It has been quite a while since i have been to these forums (mostly due to a new obsession, mycology I love Fungus) but my old family home is being put up for sale and i have been potting up my entire host collection so not surprisingly (seeing that a lot of the plants are from seed an...

Thanks for the kind words and i am thinking of registering the plant, Got a great name for it to. Definatly one of my foavorites this year and last.
Mark

The color is accurate no messing with photoshop or funky filters. I do Like this one and the seedlings from her have been pretty good too.

thanks for the kind words and i am glad that i am not the only who likes this plant. I will post a few others soon.
Mark

Five years in and some of my seedlings are really developing their mature characteristics and i must say i am happy with how things are going. The hosta below is my favorite at the moment and yes i realize some people find "plain old greenies" boring but i think this one can hold it's own among some...

I just hope a slug doesn't find the little thing otherwise it might all be over in an evening lol.
Mark

Hi Barbara yeh i should have mentioned the genetics Ooops. The mother was a seedling from Monopoly (op seed) and the father was Tiny Tears and it was planted in late winter. Here is a shot of mom and child, mom is 4 years old BTW.
Mark

Well the plant is growing well producing new leaves but the little beast is tiny and very cute so here is a picture

unnamed seedling at the moment though i am really growing fond of it, don't know how but it came from kiosumensis Busen.
Mark

Thanks no filter or post processing and it's the nikon d60, i was holding out for a d300 but glad i didn't wait as i am impressed with the cameras ability to deal with highly variable lighting situations even in auto mode, though full manual control is great to have.
Mark

heres a leaf shot, just playing with the new camera and quite like this shot despite the poor framing.
Mark

while i was cleaning out my seedling racks i took a photo of all the little trays (not including the above overcrowded tray) and here it is for your perusal with a close up of some cute streakers.
Bets wishes for spring Mark

To white to survive or grow well in all likelyhood but it is cute and who knows it might grow up.
Mark

Heres a tray of mixed seedling

Thanks everyone. This plant is by far the longest lasting blue in my garden and it's color is still holding up well. An offer to some canadians, I plan to divide this plant after i collect seed this year just in case something bad happens to the original plant so i will probably have a division avai...

Here is the original seedling

Thanks everyone, and the leaves vary a lot during development.
Here are a couple pics of the this plants close relatives

I do appreciate the more creative interpretation and i will try to be less judgemental lol
Mark

Well Maureen asked what the flowers are like and to be honest they suck as is demonstrated in the picture below but on a brighter note it stays bluer than anything else in my garden during the summer.