Serenade
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This is another upright white with macrophylla heritage. Beautiful buds. Silvia Saunders reported it as a heavy seed setter. It certainly has a lot of pollen!
Cultivar: | Serenade |
Year: | 1941 |
Seedling No: | 11512 |
Parentage: | 4B: F2 of 1591. 1591 = (lactiflora X macrophylla) |
Flower: | Color: | buds pink with prominent white flare on back, opens light pink |
Form: | single, 8 petals | |
Blooms: | Week 3 or 4 | |
Carpels: | 2-3, light yellowish green, slightly woolly | |
Stigmas: | red | |
Disc: | pink and white (Silvia Saunders’ notes); white | |
Stamens: | filaments red at base, shading to light yellow, abundant stamens | |
Plant: | Habit: | upright, irregular |
Foliage color: | light green, shiny | |
Foliage form: | fairly wide leaves, entire (not lobed) | |
Height: | 24″ (reported); 34″ in 2021 and 2022 | |
Recommendation: | Recommended |
Availability: | Several specialty nurseries |
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