Solo Flight
One of the seven lactifloras introduced by Saunders before he began crossing different species. The flower is charming. Foliage is very colorful and attractive in fall.
An error in an APS publication has led more than one nursery to offer this under the name ‘Solot White’.
| Cultivar: | Solo Flight |
| Year: | 1935 |
| Seedling No: | 3494. (Referenced on Page 49 of Saunders’ Notebook as parent in a cross.) |
| Parentage: | 0: lactiflora |
| Flower: | Color: | pale pink |
| Form: | Japanese flower form | |
| Blooms: | Week 6 | |
| Carpels: | greenish yellow (lemon) | |
| Stigmas: | pale yellow, almost white | |
| Disc: | white, edged pink | |
| Stamens: | lemon yellow filaments, petaloids among the stamens | |
| Plant: | Habit: | upright |
| Foliage color: | medium green, good fall foliage color, slightly red stems | |
| Foliage form: | narrow, not lobed | |
| Height: | 40″ in 2022 | |
| Recommendation: | Highly recommended |
| Availability: | Few specialty nurseries |
