Dark black red, sunfast to 95 degrees in our garden. It blooms for 2 months here, with very dark blooms. Fertile both ways, blue green, freeze resistant foliage. Excellent parent for sunfast dark flowers. 4 branches, 28 buds. Parentage: (seedling x Freaky People).
(Reed, 2018) 38" M 6" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form-cascade.
Dark Hollow is a dramatic, brooding kid from Flight of Orchids. It is a recurved, dark raspberry bloom with a huge dark mulberry-wine band feathering onto the petals. It has "eyelash" lines extending into the green throat from the eyezone, and cream midribs. It is ruffled, and has nice 3-way branching (21 buds). Grows well and sometimes reblooms. Pollen and pod fertile.
Parentage: (seedling x Flight of Orchids)
(Murphy, 2018) 28” E 6” dormant, diploid, Unusual Form-cascade.
Rich deep red-purple with large green to cream throat. The throat shape is sharply pointed, radiating out onto the tepals. It has light veining. This is a reliable and consistent early bloomer with up facing flowers on a shorter plant. Quite showy with the contrasting throat. I have some very interesting seedlings from Devil's Chimes. 3 branches, 15 buds
Parentage: (Rose F. Kennedy x Cabernet Cabaret)
Sold for $100 at auction at Lilyhemmer, the Region 3 Fall Regional in 2022.
Apricot self, darker in the throat. Sunfast color lightens on very hot afternoons toward peach. Tall for a double, with a long bloom season. Reliable rebloomer here. Fertile both ways and has great uf double kids. 95% double. 2 branches, 16 buds. Parentage: ((Crooked x Zada Mae) x Peggy Jeffcoat)
This one has been in demand since intro.
(Reed, 2018) 46" EM 6.5" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form.
Garden Fairy is a dark rose pink with lighter pink ruffled edges, and has a watermark and green throat. It is a narrow form, cascading and pinching. This is the seedling known as "Reedling 22" which was seen at the AHS National Convention in 2017 at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens Region 3 Hybridizers’ Bed. It won best seedling. It has excellent 4-way branching and a bud count of 30. It often presents multiple blooms open per scape. Pollen and pod fertile, it is a good breeder.
The parentage is (purple seedling x (Scarlett’s Web x North Wind Dancer)). A favorite here.
Has just won an Honorable Mention (HM) , hopefully the first of many awards!
Lemon cream with darker yellow center and along midribs. Heavy bloomer in the very late season. After most plants are done for the year, a clump of this is in full, heavy bloom for 6 weeks. Outfacing, consistent, sun proof and rain proof blooms. Check out the clump images. Strong scapes; 3 branches, 27 buds. Fragrant. Parentage: (Running Late x Starfish Prime).
2021- Up to 5 branches and 32 buds. Blooming heavily on 8/20/21.
Opal Road is the best of a large number of patterned seedlings from the cross of a Faulkner seedling with my Cherry Peacock. It is tall, dormant, and diploid, with a large bloom with good substance. Its outstanding characteristic though is the clean, clear colors. It is a clear near-white cream base color, and the patterned eyezone is sharply defined and ranges in color from cream to berry to rosy purple. Many layers of color appear, and the pattern can range from one concentric circle of cream to four. Even when less dramatic pattern is showing, it is gorgeous shades of color. It is a uf cascade-spatulate form. Pollen and pod fertile, it is a good parent. It has re-bloomed for us twice this fall, opening well in cold weather, and with extended bloom late into the evening. It has two branches and 14 buds. Parentage: (Faulkner seedling x Cherry Peacock) Supply is extremely limited.
(Murphy, 2018) 51” M 6” dormant, diploid, Unusual Form – cascade.
Tomato red cascade with green throat and cream midribs. Longer blooming than almost any plant I have seen - 3 months this year. I was harvesting pods while pollinating new blooms. Sunfast to 95 here. Truly excellent parent of future intros. Freeze-resistant, blue-green foliage. Bud builder with big,strong, well branched scapes! Parentage: (September Flame x TNT).
(Murphy, 2018) 45" EM 8" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form crispate.
Black-red variable crispate with huge cream to green throat and cream midribs. Excellent presence in the garden, with outfacing, sun resistant dark blooms. Very long blooming, fertile both ways. 3 branches, 15 buds. Parentage: (Buzzer Beater x Green Throated Robin).
Big and tall foliage that is BLUE GREEN and late freeze resistant.
Good grower. Vigorous.