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Plans for next season and beyond

I have started planning for next year already. If all goes to plan, I will have 3 separate dahlia patches in 3 separate locations. I am planning on working on collarettes, anemones and other open centered varieties at two other locations. My closed centered varieties such as the KA varieties that I have purchased will be growing at my house. I will also be growing some seedlings at my house. These are seedlings that are more likely to be close centered and from seeds I collected this year.
    Closed centered dahlia Makayla Miranda

I am working on two separate zinnia breeding projects. Project one includes using some genetics from Floret's Unicorn zinnias and some other purple genetics to hopefully come up with something beautiful and unique. Project number two is going to be an attempted cross between two different zinnia species which may or may not work out the way I want it to. .  .stay tuned over the next year to see if the beginning stages turn out the way I want them to.

                      Unicorn zinnia

I am working on creating a new variety of China aster. I have finally decided I want to try creating an apricot and white variety. I'm not sure exactly how it will turn out looking but I have a goal and it may take years to get where I want it to be.

                  Tower China aster

I am also working on creating a new poppy variety, a new nasturtium variety and some other side projects. I will have lots of pictures to come next year and the years after that. These are long term projects and they may take years to stabilize as I rouge out ones that don't match my vision. Eventually my goal is to have unique seeds and tubers available for purchase.

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