Blue waterlilies

[baeya]

Beautiful! And very interesting! When you do get the blue that you like, what happens then?

 

[j.w]

They are all so pretty!

 

[minnowman]

Name it and distribute it far & wide. Leaving something behind after I'm gone would be the next best thing to immortality.

 

[baeya]

I don't know much about lilies, but will it be of the hardy variety? I will buy one!!

 

[minnowman]

Sorry, Baeya. They are all tropicals. Some people have succeeded in crossing hardies with tropicals, so you should be able to buy a purple hardy in the next year or two

 

[baeya]

Oh geez.....maybe I can put a lily pond in my house.....hmmmmm

 

[minnowman]

hybrid #4

 

[j.w]

Another nice one!

 

[minnowman]

Hybrid #5 has a tiny flower[ about 2" across]

 

[j.w]

What a cute little beauty!

 

[addy1]

He is making us jealous! Guess I am just stuck with hardies..........Tropicals do ok here, but have to fuss with them over winter.

 

[minnowman]

This is a third day pic of hybrid #5 with a ruler for scale. Also attached are two pics of some smaller seedlings.

 

[j.w]

Wow you've got a lot of little starts there mman! That bloom is so perfect looking and love the pretty pastel look it has. I have to stick w/ hardies too...........I'm too lazy to have all the ones that need protection from our winters here also. I have a few plants I will bring into the house and garage but I do have my limits and not that much room to spare for more anyways. I have a greenhouse but too much to heat it over winter.

 

[minnowman]

#6 is different, it's darker and some of the stamens are longer.

 

[j.w]

That one looks the bluest so far to me and so pretty. All of them are pretty!Wish I lived somewhere where they were hardy all year.