I really don’t find anything about Jims’ stripes 'n spots that beastly. I actually like it. Would love to see one freshly opened-they always look even better without browned out stamens. I think there is a market for something that unique, if all other things are at least decent. There could even be various colors with stripes 'n spots.This spotting mechanism seems quite distinct from the speckling displayed on Fourth of July, but is just as attractive when it shows up like that.
Jeannie,
I think as your plant matures if it develops more petals, the chaotic look will look VERY ATTRACTIVE. I like it now but fuller would be even more attractive. I would hold on to it.
Jim
Thank you James, I will definitely take your valued advice and hang on to it.
Take your pick
This is as good as it gets
Stick a fork in me i’m done.
BETTER
Neil:
I don’t know which would be worse with your setup. Trying to keep the wife from wanting every thing potted up or keeping the deer out of it. LOL
I really like your beds. Are these seedlings after culling?
Jeff
Jeff, Most of these where potted up and later put into these beds. No deer in the city. These are all this years seedlings with no culling. The plan was to have three years worth of beds so the area is divided in thirds. And yes, the big question, which ones to cull. I think the best way is to just remove the biggest ones and let the rest grow on. I’m just beginning to realize what it would take to bring out a trait. A daunting task I would think, such as white lined petals. My original plan was to grow a decent rose bush for my own use and I think it’s already happened. This photo is over a month old and shows about half the seedlings from one cultivar(unknown).
OMG. I can’t imagine what it would be like to walk through that, or reach through that in about 2 yrs. time. But you have allowed graveled walkways all around. Not bad! Are these beds about 3’wide?
Jackie,
I wanted a formal 17th-18th century tiled look but compromised after a futile attempt to find the right kind of tiles. Clay soil is also hard on cement around here considering the expansion and contraction factor. Lastly it was necessary to deal with plastic overlaid with a dump truck worth of rock that was here long before I was. The beds right and left and behind the water feature are four feet wide, two feet wide next to the fence and three feet wide in the in the immediate front. From three sides there is the illusion of flat beds and square angles which this was far from. Right side of the beds has a four foot walkway and left side has a five foot walk way which gives the feel of openness even for the future. There are two cement embedded brackets six inch wide for future use. Stepping stones also cross the long beds. Something you might relate to was on the right side there was a two foot drop that was layered in with about four feet of street leaves and domed. It should look better next year after the Honeysuckle grows along the fence and the climbing tomato gets off the three foot statue and dog.
ONE MORE
This is not quite what I anticipated when I made this cross! Any hope for this nose disapearing as this plant matures. It’s a cross of Joycie X Signature.
Hi Bill,
This is what I call a juvenile condition, it will go away.
Most likely from too much fertilizer.