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Jim Sproul
7 P/ [/ V7 W+ h u% RThis is the BEST of 2007 Hulthemia. Follow the photos from top to bottom to see how it matures.2 I0 L& ~$ @8 r* O. J
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I am expecting great things from this hulthemia hybrid seedling. It is the best all around hulthemia * p% y- q4 M: m8 [
that I have grown so far. This is the very first bloom on this seedling (photo was taken on 4/21/07).
; S. ^. G, b% W3 C7 yIn my experience, the hulthemia blotch improves considerably with maturity and in cooler weather.
; i' L/ I3 t, q5 b5 nI will expect that the blotch will lighten as the summer warms up, and then darken in the fall. The 1 d& ^ x) L/ S2 W v7 A
hulthemia blotch also seems to get darker in the second season and onwards. Time will tell....# [+ U# m9 B/ H+ _4 T' A
! T# u, j/ N: J# k0 RBelow, I will add updates with future photos to show how the seedling matures.
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* N; ]/ C( V- p e$ J0 Y2 eIn the photo below there are two blooms shown during the second bloom cycle. Notice how the : G+ @ s( o7 A. H0 s
outer parts of the petals are lighter as compared to the first bloom seen above. Colors tend to be ; q9 h. P& u0 q; w& w5 ^
lighter as the weather warms up. Photo was taken on May 12, 2007.5 w4 ^/ _# q/ }0 H; Q) l
7 \0 F( K; Z& O: B }The photo below is of the plant finishing out its second bloom cycle and was taken on 5/28/07.. q/ _( R7 e3 |5 }" n; h& }3 }( t1 Z; u
) @ I3 _: }9 q$ P& lOn June 29, 2007, two buds of the above seedling were grafted outside onto rootstock.
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The photo below was taken 6/30/07. I am pleased that the blotch has not faded more.
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This next photo below was taken 9/1/07. We have had about one week with temps. at around 100, with
1 \" j) X8 b8 p0 G; N2 e: athe last two days being about 105. This seedling by far, has the most heat stable blotch that I have seen.
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The next two photos were taken on 10/20/07. Already, you can see how the blotch has intensified during the cooler' \0 S8 V$ C4 l3 B8 Z8 g
weather. The first photo below was taken inside the greenhouse, while the second photo below was taken outside.
0 Y5 Q* X- Y( j$ KThe blooms are starting to get back the white halo visible around the blotch that was seen in the young seedling (photo at top).
8 @: a5 g% U9 m% u( `% B' D1 g2 i/ O+ tBloom color seems to be very much the same outside as inside (that is not always the case).$ z! Q9 v8 W# S
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Finally, here is a spray of the outside grafted plant taken on 10/21/071 y" R: c8 t2 p: b
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3 w) r% {* k2 G, O* a) p4 XHere below is a small spray from a cutting that is blooming outside. Photo was taken on 5/31/08.
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