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Posted by fleur z5 (My Page) on Sun, May 24, 09 at 20:42
| I found a double hellebore in my garden this year. I have no idea how it got there but I plan on saving some seed from it. Does anyone know if seed from the parent plant will produce doubles or one like the pollen plant. |
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RE: Double hellebore seed question
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| Only one way to find out...grow it out. Genetics, your odds are not good...but it may be a good mom. My experience with these is that the offspring will have some doubles. If you keep crossing these double offspring you should increase the genetic chances of double flowers. If you keep track of the offspring seedlings you may find one that is a superior mom and dad. You could just buy a double, but...thats easy, anyone can do that. Grow the double out, explore your plants, you have a single hellebore in your garden that has some double genes. |
RE: Double hellebore seed question
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| Double X Double can give a fair number of doubles but Double X Single can give anything. Many of the doubles in my garden seem self-sterile, but a few are very self-fertile. I have doubles from 3 or 4 original sources and all seem to have different growth habits and genetic backgrounds. George |
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