potato in the sun

wingnut · July 9, 2012

Farmette · July 9, 2012

Thanks for an absolutely beautiful picture..I love the angle of the stem with the flower reaching up towards the sun and colors in the aura of the sun complement the flower color. Great job!

**Tom Wagner** · July 9, 2012

Wingnut...thanks for the underside beauty of a potato flower! There are simply no downsides to potato breeding since flowers could and should be part of the equation. That has to be a flower from one of my varieties...good job!

I am going to send that photo to a flower breeding company that is starting a vegetable breeding program....the director of vegetable breeding has spent many years just breeding flowers...and I think she'll get a kick of it.

Tom Wagner

wmontanez · July 9, 2012

nice pictures!

I have some plants in bloom that are very decorative. Some of the sprawling plants are not so neat but some of the erect king are just pretty with many clusters of flowers. In the morning they look their best.

wingnut · July 10, 2012

Thanks guys, I'm just glad it turned out. Tom, of course it is one of your varieties, as that is 99% of what I grow.As for horticultural merit, I have found a handful; includeing 225677 purple, 225689 purple, and thunderation which take the cake in my beds.

PA_Julia · July 10, 2012

Wow!!

That's a beautiful photo!!

Julia

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wingnut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: bald hill area thurston county washington Posts: 312	potato in the sun

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wmontanez Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: MA Posts: 776	nice pictures! I have some plants in bloom that are very decorative. Some of the sprawling plants are not so neat but some of the erect king are just pretty with many clusters of flowers. In the morning they look their best. __________________ Wendy

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Farmette Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 985	Thanks for an absolutely beautiful picture..I love the angle of the stem with the flower reaching up towards the sun and colors in the aura of the sun complement the flower color. Great job!

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Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	Wingnut...thanks for the underside beauty of a potato flower! There are simply no downsides to potato breeding since flowers could and should be part of the equation. That has to be a flower from one of my varieties...good job! I am going to send that photo to a flower breeding company that is starting a vegetable breeding program....the director of vegetable breeding has spent many years just breeding flowers...and I think she'll get a kick of it. Tom Wagner

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wingnut Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: bald hill area thurston county washington Posts: 312	Thanks guys, I'm just glad it turned out. Tom, of course it is one of your varieties, as that is 99% of what I grow.As for horticultural merit, I have found a handful; includeing 225677 purple, 225689 purple, and thunderation which take the cake in my beds.

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PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Wow!! That's a beautiful photo!! Julia