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Visionary is stunning.
I have to say when I spotted the flowers this morning I was absolutely amazed. I saved a picture from the GRIN website so I knew what to expect - that pic shows a bluish-violet flower which is definitely darker than the standard maroon purple, but nothing like this. This is seriously blue-purple, like a dark royal purple!I didn't expect that out of a pea. Amazing.Sure, I can do some extra crosses for you.:)
Most of my experimental peas were from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (http://www.ars-grin.gov/index.html) in the US. They distribute seeds for research purposes (but not to ordinary home gardeners) and I just had to fill in an online form telling them what the purpose of my research is and they sent me little 4/5-seed samples of the ones I was interested in. Apparently I have to share the results of my research with them too.
Quote from: Silverleaf on July 04, 2014, 11:14:53Most of my experimental peas were from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (http://www.ars-grin.gov/index.html) in the US. They distribute seeds for research purposes (but not to ordinary home gardeners) and I just had to fill in an online form telling them what the purpose of my research is and they sent me little 4/5-seed samples of the ones I was interested in. Apparently I have to share the results of my research with them too.What's the research? How did you persuade them to part with seed?
Just going off at a tangent... my red flowered French beans are coming true again (year 3) ...
To be fair they are at the purple end of red, but red none the less. I'll post some pics when I am happy they are settled down..
Quote from: Jayb on July 02, 2014, 08:05:53Oooh very pretty indeed. If you have any seeds available for those any time, I'd be very interested Well I only started with a few seeds - 3 plants are growing outside and I have hopefully 4 more germinating, so with any luck I'll have a few to spare once they've grown out. Course you can have some!
Oooh very pretty indeed. If you have any seeds available for those any time, I'd be very interested
Quote from: saddad on July 06, 2014, 23:26:45To be fair they are at the purple end of red, but red none the less. I'll post some pics when I am happy they are settled down.. Okay, well I'm still excited, and looking forward to seeing pics. :)In other legume-related news, I'm harvesting peas seeds for saving. The numbers aren't amazing because it's been really dry and they're in pots rather than a bed, but I think things are going according to plan for next year.
Quote from: Silverleaf on July 02, 2014, 09:31:35Quote from: Jayb on July 02, 2014, 08:05:53Oooh very pretty indeed. If you have any seeds available for those any time, I'd be very interested Well I only started with a few seeds - 3 plants are growing outside and I have hopefully 4 more germinating, so with any luck I'll have a few to spare once they've grown out. Course you can have some!Oooh goodie And if you do have just a couple Visionary too, they are soooo pretty. I'd be delighted to be able to add them to the Crowns in the future, (no worries if you've none spare , I know they are in short supply)Do you have any that have a pale green-yellow coloured flower?
I am glad you are getting seeds too. On short peas that can be a real problem. Mice can reach them easily and birds are also partial to opening a few maturing pea pods. I have just harvested the pods from my F1s at the well leathery stage and finish drying indoors because I really don't want to lose any.
So, who wants to guess what this flower is? Looks like a tiny little pea flower, right?