Cavatina
Originally named Felicity. ‘Cavatina’ flowers are a glowing cherry pink and are held well above the foliage on generally straight stems. If you can find this cultivar, you will enjoy it in your garden.
| Cultivar: | Cavatina |
| Year: | 1935 |
| Seedling No: | 4306. Page 114 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 10A: officinalis Rosea Plena X lactiflora ‘Germaine Bigot’ |
| Flower: | Color: | cherry pink |
| Form: | single, two rows of petals, rather cup shaped | |
| Blooms: | Week 4 | |
| Carpels: | usually 4, green | |
| Stigmas: | dark cherry pink | |
| Disc: | white, edged pink | |
| Stamens: | filaments light yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | upright |
| Foliage color: | deep green | |
| Foliage form: | pointed leaves, few lobed | |
| Height: | tall; 37″ in 2021 | |
| Recommendation: | Recommended |
| Availability: | Rare; mine came from a now-closed nursery |
