Continuing on with our bloom season, in late June we started to see our “blue” eyed seedlings begin to bloom. One early group was second bloom year seedlings from Blue Desire. Blue Desire is a Gossard introduction out of T. Crystal Blue Persuasion. While listed at 4.75″, it does not bloom larger than 4″ in our garden. Our seedlings have shown increased size. The first picture below shows Blue Desire on the right and seedling 106-1 on the left.
 Seedling 106-1 on left – Blue Desire on right.
Seedling 106-2 bloomed well in 2012 with flowers about 5″ in size.Â
106-2 (Blue Desire x Grace Like Rain Seedling)
We are using these Blue Desire seedlings with our dormant seedlings that go back to our original blue eyed breeding stock based on Destined to See and T. Lavender Blue Baby. Seedling 947-1 is an important bridge plant providing dormant genetics that open well.Â
Seedling 947-1
Finally, in late June, we had a new seedling bloom that came from our “blue” program. Seedling 229-1 is from:
(((Tet. Lavender Blue Baby x Destined to See) x Spring of Living Water) x ((Grace Like Rain x T. Lavender Blue Baby seedling) x Cerulean Warbler).Â
Seedling 229-1
We are not sure where the teeth came from as none of the parents exhibited teeth. The color was great and the white teeth set this seedling apart from others. We used the pollen from this seedling on many crosses. Hopefully many took and we will see seedlings from this plant in 2014.