Serenade
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 |
