Bravura
Wister describes this flower as having white pistils (carpels) with pale pink stigmas; additionally, the 1943 Saunders’ catalog supplement describes white flares on the outside. Obviously, my photographs show slightly different features so maybe I have the wrong plant. However, I recently observed ‘Bravura’ in a friend’s garden (top photo) and it appears to be identical to my own plant (second photo).
Any comments on this plant?
| Cultivar: | Bravura |
| Year: | 1943 |
| Seedling No: | 9266. Page 22 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 7: lactiflora X “lobata of Perry” |
| Flower: | Color: | red |
| Form: | semi-double; large center of yellow stamens, not a large flower | |
| Blooms: | Week 6 | |
| Carpels: | green | |
| Stigmas: | dark pink | |
| Disc: | white | |
| Stamens: | yellow filaments, abundant stamens (“large heart” -Silvia Saunders’ notes) | |
| Plant: | Habit: | rounded bush |
| Foliage color: | medium green | |
| Foliage form: | fairly pointed leaves, some lobed | |
| Height: | 25″ (reported); 19″ in my garden | |
| Recommendation: | Recommended |
| Availability: | Several specialty nurseries |
