(Reed, 2017) 50" M 10", dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 18 buds (Skydiving x Cherry Peacock). UF - cascade. Light lemon-cream/near white with a highly contrasting eye of dark purple; it has cream midribs and a light green throat.
Tall and thin, this bloom is pale with a dark-blood eye to haunt you. The bloom, not the scape, can be a little floppy after a big thunderstorm or overhead watering. But on a quiet morning it is stunning and huge.
(Murphy, 2017) 39" MLa 7.5" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 18 buds (Sport Coupe x Just Jessie) UF - cascade.
Reddish lavender with prominent cream midribs and cream edge; cream-green throat. Ruffled. The hotter the day, the better this one looks. Open very early and closes at 9pm. Fertile both ways and produces kids with excellent branching.
Double or triple fans. HARD DORMANT BLUE GREEN FOLIAGE that is freeze resistant.
(Murphy, 2017) 45" M 8.5", dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 22 buds (Monacan Trail x Just Jessie) UF - cascade.
Cream pink with dark reddish lavender eye, green throat, and ruffled cream edge. This can be spectacular in bloom, and looks very big. Striking as a flower show plant. Long bloom season and clear colors. Difficult pod parent and spectacular pollen parent. Clear colors on kids and very good scapes and foliage. Double fans or more.
(Murphy, 2017) 33" MLaRe 7" dormant, diploid; 2 branches - 20 buds (Incessant x Total Silence) UF - cascade.
Rose with cream midribs and cream edge, apricot throat, dark rose veining. This has been a reliable rebloomer in our garden for 4 years. Very few plants rebloom in our garden. Fertile both ways. Most kids have clear midrib and edge, resulting in "striped" kids.
RELIABLE September rebloom here.
(Reed, 2017) 38" EM 7.5" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 21 buds (Flight of Orchids x Earth Jewels) UF - cascade.
Soft lavender cascade with large plum-purple eye bleeding out onto the petals, has a green throat.
This luscious exotic is plum-beautiful colors. Plumbum is the latin word for lead, and is the name of a duckling paperweight that has traveled around our family for 60 years, made by my father in 1939 in engineering grad school at U. Michigan!
(Murphy, 2017) 37" EM 7" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 20 buds (Smoke Scream x Carolina Flying Poly Possum) Polymerous 95%.
Light pink cream with a lavender eye, chartreuse throat, and lemon colored pollen. This poly seems to be a favorite of all of our visitors. Visible from across the garden. Most blooms are very consistent and almost every bloom is a poly in our garden. Gives great poly kids. Pod fertile only.
Excellent poly, very reliable.
Not registered as a rebloomer, but I had two sets of rebloom on some plants this year. Would probably be a good rebloomer south of here. 2022 We had 4 way branching and 25 buds.
(Reed, 2017) 40" M 7.5" dormant, diploid, 3 branches-12 buds, ((Metzger's Purple Storm x (Peacock Curls x Cherry Peacock)) UF - crispate cascade.
Glowing ruby red with tiny white edge on sepals, and green throat that lightens into rose then red.
Out of purple and rose breeding, this has a cerise red color that has great intensity and purity.
Note from Jim: There is no clearer or brighter color in the garden than this flower. If you are looking for clarity, look no further.
(Murphy, 2017) 44" M 6" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 27 buds Seedling (Brer Rabbit's Baby x 2009 ACE) x Focus. UF - cascade.
Greyed reddish black with a black band, green throat, and thin lemon midrib on petals. Distinctive blue-green foliage. Very sun tolerant in our climate. On hot days, the plant will be darker and less grey. Some of the best and most carefree blue green foliage that we have in our garden. Fertile and makes great dark kids with blue green dormant foliage.
I have one intro and three future intros from it.
HARD DORMANT BLUE GREEN FOLIAGE that is late freeze resistant.
(Reed, 2017) 55" La 5.75", dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 24 buds (Tree Turtles x Planet Max) UF - cascade.
Ruffled rose-lavender with a large green-to-cream throat ending in a slight watermark.
In the late garden, a tall clump of Vintage Virginia makes a real statement. Opening slowly, it looks a little old-fashioned in the morning, but opens to a wide bloom later in the day.