Lustrous
Flowers are held well above the foliage. This plant did very well in 2021, giving me a new appreciation for it. The flowers just glow and the foliage is very attractive.
| Cultivar: | Lustrous |
| Year: | 1942 |
| Seedling No: | 9735. Page 22 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 7: lactiflora ‘Adolphe Rousseau’ X “lobata of Perry” |
| Flower: | Color: | bright scarlet red |
| Form: | semi-double, 3 or 4 rows of petals | |
| Blooms: | Week 5 | |
| Carpels: | 3-4, light yellow, woolly | |
| Stigmas: | bright scarlet red (self) | |
| Disc: | white, edged pink | |
| Stamens: | filaments red at base, shading to yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | rounded bush |
| Foliage color: | dark green | |
| Foliage form: | narrow leaves, somewhat incurved | |
| Height: | 34″ in 2021 | |
| Recommendation: | Recommended |
| Availability: | Several specialty nurseries |
