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| I grew some camelot foxglove from seed last year and they are huge and about to bloom. I have seen them advertised as F1 hybrid so my question is has anyone saved and grown from the seeds? Am I better off buying new seeds every year? |
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| I collected seed from Camelot lavender last fall, when it had a nice but small bloom in the early fall. Winter - sowed it this spring and it's already sprouting like crazy. I have no idea what they will look like! I'm not too thrilled with the Camelot seeds though (bought from Swallowtail). I grew white, lavender, and cream and the only ones that survived over the winter were the Cream in the front garden, and they are kind of scrawny. The Excelsior hybrids look much better. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 20, 12 at 8:50
| my understanding.. right or wrong.. is that an F1 .. is a specific cross.. between a specific mom ... and a specific dad .. to get a specific result ... all is controlled to get the specific end plant ... once you throw open pollination onto an F1 ... there is no specificity .. so the result.. is variable ... who knows what you will get ... but of course.. that should not stop you from trying.. there is always the chance.. you will get something better.. but most likely you will get some mom.. some dad.. and some weirdo children.. lol ... and maybe even what you started with ... thats my basic genetics lesson for the day.. hope i am close to reality .. lol ken |
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| Hi Ken, in this case, my Camelot Lavender seeds would have resulted from cross pollinated with each other. The Lavender plants were the only ones that were blooming at the time the flowers were open and they were in a separate part of the yard. (There was a Camelot White that started to bloom part way through). I winter-sowed a container of these seeds already and have gotten lots of nice germination. I expect these plants to be lavender, but not really sure. Find out when they flower! |
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