Here’s a rare mutation from Coral Sunset, being sold at the Dutch flower auctions as Kingsday. It’s unregistered I think. As the national colour of Holland is orange, it’s a fitting name for this cultivar, it being less salmon and indeed more orange (Kingsday is a national holiday in Holland to honour their King). I personally experience quite…Read More
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It’s a mutation, so there’s no breeder involved. I don’t know if it was only one stem that showed up initially or if it was a complete division. Perhaps @paul-bijman knows more about it.
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Here’s a flower of Coral Sunset on the right for comparison. Note that Kingsday is only a two-year old plant and will increase in size the following years, thus only the colour ought to be looked at
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It also fades as Coral Sunset does, but the contrast is obviously less stark.
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Bowl of Cream, a favourite double white cut flower. Some growers don’t want it anymore because it doesn’t give them many stems. I cannot complain about that however, some 10 on average here.
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A sunny and warm day we have, peonies going fast. Here’s what I consider to be the best single yellow: Concordia Droysen. Exceptional plant habit and an attractive lime yellow colour.
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Six days later…
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Féerie, a hybrid with P. peregrina, bred by Cayeux, unregistered, although some offspring is. Upright growth, looks good.
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liked thisThese are some failures within my seedlings, flowering now (Coral Sunset is now blooming, if you want to have an indication of their blooming period) . Flower pretty enough, but usually the plant habit is poor or they have ‘open buds’ which is something I don’t want.
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Its a beautifull color .. is there anything about who is the bredder ?