2017 Intros

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DANCING LIKE A BANSHEE - A huge, 12.5", Unusual Form bloom, about 20% poly. Blooms Early Season, on a 42" high scape with 4 way branching and 29 buds. Mauve with red veins, burgundy eye, yellow green throat with white midrib. Semi evergreen, Diploid. Very fertile both ways and a very vigorous, fast increaser.

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EIGHT FLYING CRANES - Polymerous bloom 95% of the time, with a slight Spatulate, Unusual Form flower. The Pale Lemon Cream bloom has a very pale pink halo and a pale green throat. It's a very flat form, being 7" across, on a 24" scape that's 3 way branched. It blooms Mid season, is Dormant and Diploid. Seedling # 11.00, first bloomed in 2000.

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FIRE DRAGON ON THE WIND - A favorite in the garden, it is a Bi-colored, Unusual Form, with quilled sepals. Tetraploid. Blooms are 8" on a tall 40" high scape, with three way branching and 18 buds. Fire Dragon on the Wind gets it's distinctive color, edge and eye from it's parent Passion's Promise. Petals are a bright lipstick red with with a pale yellow edge. Sepals are an intense yellow, showing a red eye and pale wide edge. It's Semi evergreen, hardy, vigorous, and blooms mid season. Seedling #29.00, first bloomed in 2000.

FLYING DRAGON IN A RED SKY - It's a huge 10" Unusual Form bloom, up to 12" when not recurved, out of Passion's Promise. It's an intense red with an orange eye and yellow throat, white midribs and a light edge. Usually with quilled sepals. 26 " high, three way branching with 15 bud count. Very striking in the garden, it's never overlooked because of it's size and color. Throws up lots of scapes and has a long bloom season. Tetraploid. Semievergreen, blooms mid season thru August. Vigorous and fast increaser.

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NIGHT SONG OF THE DRAGON - Extra large, 9" flower, 41" high, dark red/purple with veined petals that become more distinctive by the end of the day, looking like dots. Large yellow green throat with partial midrib, 24 bud count, four way branching. Rebloom. Tet. 20% Poly. Evergreen. Early mid season. Passion's Promise breeding. Changes with the sun and time of day. Seedling # 14.99, first bloomed in 1999.

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PASSION'S MULBERRY MOON - A very unusual shade of mulberry, with a blue/black eye, veins, and white midribs. It's a 5" bloom, 40" tall, 30 bud count on five way branching. The plant is in very high demand in the garden. It puts on a wonderful show, presenting a huge mound of bloom, starting in Mid season, thru August and continuing into September. Very hardy and vigorous, semi-evergreen. Very fertile both ways. Tetraploid. Seedling #132.01 first bloomed in 2001.

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TINY ANGEL IN A TUTU - A tiny little 2.5" cream double, with raspberry red split eye, with a yellow green throat. Petals recurve and sepals usually do not. She has 21 to 26 buds on four way branching. Tiny Angel is a little slut. She's very, very fertile both ways with lots of pollen on free standing anthers. Diploid, Seedling #48.13/17.01

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WHISPERING ARCTIC SUNRISE - Unusual Form, Cascade, 7" cream bloom, with a lovely bright tangerine eye and yellow green throat. 44" high, 30 buds on 3 way branching. Bud builder. Evergreen, vigorous, fertile, diploid, blooms mid season into late. Seedling #19.00

WHISPERING CELESTIAL SPARKLER, Unusual Form, Spatulate, Double. It's petals are narrow and the extra petaloids are very narrow with ruffles and have irregular tips that look like sparklers. It's a very, very, pale lavender flower, with a very large extended pale lemon throat. Blooms are about 5.5", with 17 buds, on 3 way branching. Scapes are 40" high. It blooms early to early mid, is usually Semi evergreen but went dormant when the temperature was -09 degrees this past winter with no snow. Seedling 14.01, first bloomed in 2001.

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WHISPERING DANCING SUNSHINE - Unusual Form, Crispate, 7" bloom, with quilled, curling, twisting, and pinched petals dancing on a 36" high scape. The color is a vibrant, cool lemon with a green heart and pale yellow ruffled edges. It's a vigorous, hardy semi evergreen plant, with 22 buds on 3 way branching. Diploid, blooms mid late. Seedling #101.01 first bloomed in 2001.

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WHISPERING FOUR WINDS - Is a high percent polytepalous, 9", cool pink bloom with light yellow/green extended throat, white midribs and ruffles on the petals. Scape is 38" high with 22 buds on four way branching. Hardy semi-evergreen, vigorous, diploid. Blooms Mid late. Seedling # 13.13 First bloomed in 2001.

WHISPERING LAVENDER AND LACE - A cool clear, light pink/ lavender with a white eye, pale yellow/green throat and white edge. It has a large, 6" blossom, it's 26" tall, has 19 buds on 3 way branching. Blooming Mid season well into August, it's vigorous, sending up lots of scapes for a great show of bloom. Hardy, Semi-evergreen, diploid. Seedling # 178.98 first bloomed in 1998.

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WHISPERING PINK FLAMINGO - Unusual Form, Crispate, with a 7" bloom. Hot pink with blend from green-yellow to orange throat, lighter pink watermark, and white midrib. Like a flamingo, it's tall on a 40 " high, three way branched scape, with 17 buds. It's a very vigorous, hardy plant, fertile, diploid, semi-evergreen and blooms Early-mid season. Seedling #24.98 first bloomed in 1998.

WHISPERING WINGS OF AN ANGEL - Has so many petals that they overlap like feathers on an angel's wing. It's a 99%, polytepalous plant that also goes 5 x 5 about 50% of the time. It's one of those poly's that throws a 3 x 3 once a season just to bug me. The blooms are 6" on 3 way branched, 36" scapes. A Diploid, Semi evergreen, and blooms Early mid season. Vigorous and fast increaser. Both pod and pollen fertile.

WHISPERING WOODLAND FAIRY - A very pale, clear, cool color of lavender, with a light lemon yellow throat and ruffled petals. It has 4" blooms, is 36" high, with 29 buds on a well spaced, three way branched scape. This plant makes lovely, graceful mounds of color from Mid season thru August, and is a great garden favorite. It's being registered because of the great demand for it in the garden. It also has been a good parent for me in my pale lavender diploid line. Seedling #94.97 first bloomed in 1997.