As of today – July 1, we have not had any plants that overwintered 2 years here bloom. We did get some bloom from a new Florida plant (Ted’s Tribute to Linda) and from seedling 990-2 that was in the basement in 2009-2010. Our basement plants typically do not bloom the summer after they bloomed in winter. But we often get an early bloom the following year. That is what happened with 990-2. This seedling is a cross of Petit’s “April LaQuinta” by our 2011 introduction “Blown Away”. It is a large polychrome and was lavishly ruffled the last couple days.Â
We expect our first year seedlings to start this weekend and peak garden bloom in late July.Â
