Hi Tink I'm glad you gave that offshoot to bunny. I didn't mean to leave her out.
That may be a good bloomer It's hard for me to tell because it's crowded in with a bunch of other plants and it's hard to tell it's true nature but I think I remember it blooming fairly well for an odorata. It does have a pretty flower.
I like the lighter inner petals, otherwise it's a lot like mayla.
If I'm going to keep an odorata plant I want it to bloom like crazy for an odorata and have controlled growth and few offshoots.
I'm glad you and bunny are trialing that plant for me because I've been liking the flower.
I plan on growing a lot of mayla crosses, looking for exceptional plants for breeding but right now I only have room for a few. The bigger and faster a plant spreads, the heaver I cull because I don't have room for a bunch of run of the mill odoratas choking out my more controlled plants. Run of the mill plants that are more controlled can be enjoyed longer before they become a problem and are fed to the deer.
I have other odorata plants that bloom WAY better than mayla and there seedlings bloom better than mayla seedlings with more controlled growth. And I kind of use them as a standard for odorata blooming ability, since they are the best I have.
And I consider them to be candidates for registration and sale some day. And that's saying a lot for an odorata.
Also odorata seedlings are a dime a dozen, easy to make and grow, I like to do the more difficult crosses because anybody can crank out a bunch of mayla seedlings and usually get some beautiful flowers,but not necessarily the best plant for water gardens. How a plant grows is just as important to me as how much it flowers.
