Beautiful!!

You did that without a tripod???? Very nice!

Thanks, the old Nikon 5700 still works pretty well. :)

John

These first 3 pics are the first bloom of a double blue that didn't fully develop in the inner layer of blooms but is interesting none the less :)

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These next three are of a complete double that is still opening but I couldn't wait :)

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Hope you enjoy them :) Marry Christmas!

John

Beautiful pics.

I'm getting some interesting variety in my seedlings under lights plus some awesome bud counts.

First a white that looks yellow w/o flash:

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and even with flash looks cream:

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Here is a 7 inch high 3 month seedling with 12 buds on it:

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And this is examples of the numerous buds I have at 3 months. Notice the blooms in this one, have had 6 open so far:

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All the above are being grow in an 18 inch window box pot under lights. The following is one of my 6 inch pots at a little over 3 months. Notice it has buds but also some browning along some of the leaf edges due to the extreme plant crowding in the 6 inch pots. The plant is spread over and 16x18 inch space now.

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I'm still having fun :)

JohnVa

My yellow tipped purple balloon flower :)

This one seemed to be having problems opening so I took an exacto blade and operated on it :)

The following are before and after pics:

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JohnVa

These are only three month old seedlings?

Yes Loretta, 3 months old under lights with wick watering and still going strong. I seem to have a dozen or more open every day now, I've been hybridizing like crazy :)

Kinda blows the 2 year old and 10 week under 40 degrees to bloom out of the water huh? :)

John

Those pictures are fantastic! I really enjoyed them - Thanks - Carrie

Great pics. Really enjoyed this. Balloon flowers are one of my favorite perennials.

Randy

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