Heritage
I am now on my third plant obtained under the name ‘Heritage’. The first proved incorrect; the second was virused. The third time proved to be the charm.
| Cultivar: | Heritage |
| Year: | 1950 |
| Seedling No: | 15175. Pages 22r & 53r of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 7A: lobata 5267 X lactiflora |
| Flower: | Color: | red, not shining |
| Form: | semi-double to double | |
| Blooms: | Week 4 | |
| Carpels: | 4-7, green, woolly (Wister “lemon pistils have lemon tops”) | |
| Stigmas: | pale pink (agrees with Silvia Saunders’ notebook) | |
| Disc: | white, entire but obscure | |
| Stamens: | filaments pale yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | uptight on young plant |
| Foliage color: | medium green | |
| Foliage form: | wide leaflets, lobed | |
| Height: | 24″ in 2021 (2nd year plant) | |
| Recommendation: | Recommended |
| Availability: | Few specialty nurseries |