I heard somewhere that it can take a year or 2 for the blotch to get strong. Ralph Moore, in his later years, threw out a lot of renominant hulthemias because he couldn't see the tiny blotch.
I'm hoping that the F1 will carry the gene for blotch that might come out in the next generation. I'll save the best of these F1 and move forward. Now if I could just find replacement Lychee and Raspberry Kiss plants I'd be a happy man. Lost them this winter.
I was able to purchase Bull's Eye for delivery this month. That will give me something with a blotch to work with this season.
Eyeconic Lychee Lemonade blooms prolifically in flushes but the petals fall very quickly at least here in Eastern Washington both in summer heat and fall cool