Fantasia
‘Fantasia’ has much better form than some plants with macrophylla heritage which seem to sprawl as the clumps mature. It looks fantastic in bud, produces a lot of flowers, and blooms for more than a week.
Perhaps I love this plant because of its location with two choice conifers backing it.
| Cultivar: | Fantasia |
| Year: | 1941 |
| Seedling No: | 11557. |
| Parentage: | 4B: F2 of (lactiflora 3317 X macrophylla) |
| Flower: | Color: | pink (lavender tone), subtle white flares with darker veins |
| Form: | single, 10 petals | |
| Blooms: | Week 4 in shade, could be earlier | |
| Carpels: | 2, pale, pink toned, woolly | |
| Stigmas: | crimson | |
| Disc: | pink, obscure | |
| Stamens: | filaments dark pink at base, shading lighter, abundant | |
| Plant: | Habit: | rounded bush |
| Foliage color: | medium green, dark red stems | |
| Foliage form: | pointed leaves, not lobed | |
| Height: | 40″ in 2021 | |
| Recommendation: | Highly recommended |
| Availability: | Several specialty nurseries |
