SEEDLING PAGE 1
This page contains images of a very special breeder. This is our 2003 introduction, CLARIFICATION. It is the best breeder for eyes and edges we have used here and we grow and use most of the best of the named cultivars from all over. All the seedlings from CLARIFICATION are wider, clearer and brighter than it is and usually than the other parent. It is a cross of MASK OF TIME X CREATIVE EDGE. Neither of these is a dormant but CLARIFICATION clearly is. It passes that dormancy along to the kids. There simply are not many northern bred dormant cultivars with the advancement of these babies. Take a look at the following images and see if you don't agree that there is something very special in this breeder. A trend that became clearer during the 2003 season was that the ability of CLARIFICATION to give cleaner colors is further enhanced in the grandkids. When two of the children are bred together their babies show a distinct improvement of the clarity of color.
MASK OF TIME X CREATIVE EDGE gave:
T98-12 (CLARIFICATION)
The following images are all Clarification kids. Click on any image to see a larger view.
BOR-8-12 #1 BOR-8-12 #3 BOR-8-12#4
T01-84 (MARDI GRAS BEADS) T00-10 T00-55
The images above are BORDER BRIDE X CLARIFICATION.
T01-62
The image above is of DESIGNER MAGIC X CLARIFICATION
T01-88 REGAL SHIELD
The above seedlings are results of crossing CLARIFICATION to various unnamed seedlings.
T03-4
This seedling pictured above is from a cross of SHERRY LANE CARR X CLARIFICATION. This is a seedling that has proven itself to be worthy to be on the fast track for introduction. Lined out into our new "clay soup" bed in the fall of '04 T03-4 was not fazed. It grew very well blooming and then reblooming on wonderful scapes. We do not expect to see unestablished plants always bloom let alone rebloom. T03-4 has the plant qualities we seek for an introduction. It should be released in '07. T03-4 has already proven itself a very good breeder with babies departing from the look from its half sibs such as MARDI GRAS BEADS and CLARITY OF VISION. It will be hard to say which of these plants will shake out to be the most important breeder but T03-4 is in the running.
07 note- Seedling T03-4 is now an introduction. For further information please see the 2007 introductions page.
Seedling T03-4 is a fine breeder for a slightly different but equally beautiful look in the eyed/ edged line. Here is a baby that caught our eyes this past summer.
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The above two images are included to demonstrate why we have chosen the name CLARIFICATION for this introduction. Both of these images are of 2002 seedlings, FLIGHT OF THE RAVEN x CLARIFICATION. We have never gotten light colored seedlings from FOTR before. If CLARIFICATION can produce these clear, bright colors in this cross, it may well do that in almost any cross. We named CLARIFICATION before we had seen the above results. They have only served to solidify our faith in the ability of C to clear and brighten colors as can very few cultivars we have ever seen. Similar results were seen in the majority of the rest of the cross. See the image below to remind you of the color of FOTR.
FLIGHT OF THE RAVEN