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Breeding goals

I am working on breeding projects for nasturtium, zinnias, cosmos, dahlias, and poppies and more. Dahlias are the highest priority for me but each project is important and I hope to be able to create something beautiful and unique to offer to consumers within a few years.
Let's start with zinnias: my goal is to create a unique ruffled purple variety. This plant pictured is not the end project rather just one that I am saving seed from.
I am saving seeds from several dahlias this year including this beautiful cafe au lait. I have ordered a large amount of tubers of unique dahlia seed parents for next year and I can't wait to see what beauties my breeding program will produce.

I have decided not to use any seeds from my nasturtium plants this year. I have a new kind of nasturtium that I will be working with and trying to isolate out a specific color. Stay tuned to see how it works out for me.

My cosmos goals are for a uniquely colored semi or fully double new variety. I will be starting this project in spring and it will be quite awhile before I get anywhere with it since this project is in its infancy.



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