Shirlee - That brown one DID want to live against all odds. I'm not sure what I would cross it with, or where to go with it since brown was never one of my goals. I guess I could cross it with my stippled bronze seedling to see where that would take me. Any suggestions for HOW to use it as a bridge plant. Initially I wasn't sure whether it had come out of Mystic Mariner (a dip) or Dixie Boy ( a tet). So I pollinated it just to find out which ploidy it was. I didn't even keep the seeds. Do you have any suggestions for how I might use it in hybridizing?
Debra