I am fortunate to now have TWO color changers in my yard that are blooming. The first is a great, unregistered seedling from a local hybridizer that I simply call
"JK2"in my garden. The other is the now-infamous
Pigment of Imagination. At first, I thought POI would be just like JK2, but they really are two very separate plants.
For the impatient, gimme-the-lowdown people, here are the morning and dinnertime comparisons:
JK2:
POI:
If you like the details and extra pictures, read on...
8am POI:
9am POI:
This is where stuff starts happening...
9:40am JK2 (top 2 pictures) and POI (bottom, or third, picture below):
11am JK2 (first) and POI (second pic)
More 11am photos of JK2:
More 11am photos of POI:
1:30pm photos of JK2 (first) and POI (second):
More 1:30 photos of JK2:
Another 1:30pm photo of POI:
2:30pm JK2 and POI:
5pm JK2 and POI:
Another 5pm picture of each:
I got JK2 last year and hybridized HEAVILY with it... I wonder if this could be the key to opening up whiter whites (with genetics that cause the bloom to bleach in the sun) and/or open up the blue color in daylilies...
POI is brand new in my garden this year and I only had a few blooms. Pollen hasn't been so good on it, so hopefully next year I have better luck with it. I did manage to hybridize with it a bit this year, and I am particularly excited to see what comes of the crosses I get between the two different color changers, if they take. Fingers crossed!
