Hallson Gardens

I don't think I have caught this one in flower before but it showed-up today. Interesting dark spots on the edge of the flower.
This is a second flower on a different scape.

ventricosa related - these have been a lot darker in previous years.

It took four days for the next flower to open and it opened two of them.

I was going to do a spread on rectifolia but I'll hunt for ventricosa and Holly's something relative. And a point of interest for me - the reds are hard to keep alive.

Here are a few I had in my garden this season. Miss Selene - a seedling from Art Wrede from Miss Angie. Miss Selene 0707180727b-2.jpg Seems similar to Miss Selene. A 2016 self cross of red flowered Dostoyevsky 0927180757n~2.jpg No transparent edge on this one. A 2016 cross of Redback Tavern with Fir...

The plant opened its first flower today - just purple - no red.

Your clausa is a lot different than mine. And more interesting with the two tones.

Nice array.

One of my seedlings from a 2016 self cross of the red flower Dostoyevsky is putting up a scape.

Late season - the first photo is the original plant but I have a piece growing in a lot of sun and it doesn't get the leaf colors what it gets are flowers and it has a couple of really late scapes. Dubious Behavior 0907181428d-2.jpg Dubious Behavior 0907180708b-1.jpg Dubious Behavior 0907180708c.jpg

Some late color on Full Frontal.

The thought hit me that the branch might just be random. I have a Hoosier Harmony with a branched scape but I think it's random. But this branch looks like a "normal" branch - I have Snake Charmer with multiple branches that look just like this one. Well today I went out to get more photos and found...

The shiny leaf yingeri type started opening its flowers. weedling shiny leaf yingeri type 0905180754f-1.jpg weedling shiny leaf yingeri type 0905180755g-2.jpg This next one is in a garden with a lot of red petiole plants. I may have posted this before - it's growing tucked into an azalea. The leaves...

Something a little bit different showed-up today. The tag said #114. I don't think I have seen it flower before because it is not a #114. (The #114 was given the name 'Otter Point' a few years ago.) The flower is wrong - it doesn't have the dark center. This is the original tag that was in the pot. ...

pycnophylla later in the season.

Here is Judy Rocco in flower today. After I looked at my first pictures, I noticed the style was odd but my photo was blurred. I went out for another set and found there were multiple styles but not fused like I have before - these look like separate strands twisted together. Early in the day. Judy ...

Here are a couple of flowers in August. I made a lot of crosses but none took. There is one pod where the bees helped me.

This plant finished flowering yesterday - the last two opened. I did store some pollen. I made a lot of crosses on to Hoosier Harmony because that was the most convenient white flower I had access to. Also picked up a Royal Wedding with a few flowers left - it got some pollen too. Crossed a few othe...

I have a bunch of similar ones down the slope from my rectifolia group. These have dark flowers with lots of stripes. One differentiated itself by having a flower that seemed an inch longer then the others in the group - hence the name BYW Longfellow. BYW Longfellow 0728180625c.jpg BYW Longfellow 07...

One of Art Wrede's unmarked plants has always looked similar to Otter Point but almost like a dull copy of it. Here are the flowers side by side. I did notice a "feature" on Otter Point from this photo - the bract has some color on the edge. maybe Otter Point 0831180648e side by side.jpg Otter Point...

Here is a side by side comparison.