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Jim Sproul
! ^( J& b: J4 jThis is the BEST of 2007 Hulthemia. Follow the photos from top to bottom to see how it matures.8 n2 c& {" V/ U6 j
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I am expecting great things from this hulthemia hybrid seedling. It is the best all around hulthemia
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2 W' v, F0 W! OIn my experience, the hulthemia blotch improves considerably with maturity and in cooler weather. ; w8 [$ o. `9 K( v8 [
I will expect that the blotch will lighten as the summer warms up, and then darken in the fall. The - p& p4 U7 l7 k- ~' f, L" I
hulthemia blotch also seems to get darker in the second season and onwards. Time will tell....4 ]8 y: f) a9 d* K2 n( T
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Below, I will add updates with future photos to show how the seedling matures.
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In the photo below there are two blooms shown during the second bloom cycle. Notice how the % L" Z& U5 A6 L ?2 g! A, J* {& A
outer parts of the petals are lighter as compared to the first bloom seen above. Colors tend to be
% g, ^* c! O# }lighter as the weather warms up. Photo was taken on May 12, 2007.$ I( d8 }1 b6 ^% _1 R! G
3 {1 q5 A3 f. P; JThe photo below is of the plant finishing out its second bloom cycle and was taken on 5/28/07.- ~& e( h6 I% s" D* L6 V
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On 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./ J2 [) q) \7 A6 _
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This next photo below was taken 9/1/07. We have had about one week with temps. at around 100, with5 J1 \, k( ]5 y; j7 [1 x% F6 w
the last two days being about 105. This seedling by far, has the most heat stable blotch that I have seen.& U2 Q) q/ Y T9 @( b
1 Y y( d1 J; gThe next two photos were taken on 10/20/07. Already, you can see how the blotch has intensified during the cooler
4 r e: R( c, S3 _! T! W% ]weather. The first photo below was taken inside the greenhouse, while the second photo below was taken outside.
- D+ u, F9 q, _. ~1 g& z/ KThe blooms are starting to get back the white halo visible around the blotch that was seen in the young seedling (photo at top).* P% [. M2 e' u4 l
Bloom color seems to be very much the same outside as inside (that is not always the case).
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Finally, here is a spray of the outside grafted plant taken on 10/21/07* O# y& t8 W f9 c$ g
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Here below is a small spray from a cutting that is blooming outside. Photo was taken on 5/31/08.
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