Even better is part two: the growing field with again the name plates followed by shots of the plants in the field. You can perfectly see which ones stand up better than others, have prettier flowers, are more floriferous, have open or closed buds and so on… The last part is the highlight: the area where @bobjohnson his seedlings are propagated. (SDxOS)x(OFxVAL) is shown for example, might well be the most perfect peony created up to this day…
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The seedling being referred to is at 12:59 in this video. The flowers are attractive, but the plant habit is probably the very best of any seedling I’ve grown in all my years of hybridizing. Terrifically strong stems on a compact bush. It does serve to illustrate what’s possible with modern hybrids, as far as plant habit is concerned, and just the direction that all of us hope our seedlings will move. The proper parentage is (Salmon DreamxOld Faithful ) x (Old Soldier x Valkyre).
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A wonderful plant, congratulations
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Is this plant fertil ? Did you make some pollination with it? If the plant is perfect, it’s only maybe the color? They miss nothing I think. But as a cut flower more interesting than as a Garden plant?
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I’m not sure if it has pollen or not, as it is not growing at my house. Many of these double-flowered plants will have a little pollen, but you really have to search for it. Often these doubles do not have carpals either, so you have to use the pollen if you want its genetics. Here’s a photo of this plant that I took in 2022, that shows its wonderful plant habit, when the flowers are a bit younger, and not yet fading from the sun. It also has terrifically strong stems, which should hold thse double flowers up through weather events with no problems.
Years ago I was able to make a large number of Salmon Dream x Old Faithful crosses, using OF pollen that I was able to obtain from plants of OF that were growing in a much warmer area of the country than at my location. I’ve used the resulting plants quite a bit in my breeding, as they tend to have strong stems, and potential for reds. The “OSVal” pollen came from some Old Soldier x Valkyrie seeds that I got from Bill Sidel many years ago. If you click this photo, you should see a better view.
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Thank you
This one shows the seedlings grown at Adelman’s