Cream-parchment with a dark purple eye, fading to near-white and purple eye by the end of the day. It has some purple ruffled edging, and a light lime-green throat. The dark purple eye bleeds out some into the petal color, and the sharp contrast between the dark and light colors is stunning. The form is very graceful and slightly ruffled. It has 3-way branching ("W") with 12 buds.
It is out of (Casey at the Bat x Just Jessie).
The Librarian is a bright pumpkin orange with a red eye, and a green throat blending to yellow, with yellow midribs. It is a ruffled and out-facing bloom. This tall and extra-large bloom is "in your face" and commanding in the garden, especially with its bright color. Named after a wizard in the DiscWorld (of Terry Pratchett), who was turned into an Orangutan and liked it. Orangutan orange. 3 branches, 26 buds, still blooming into August. Pod and pollen fertile. Unusual Form cascade.
(Reed, 2024) 36" LRe 6.5" dormant diploid
UF Cascade. Late! Starts in late July and keeps sending up scapes and reblooms through September until frost in late October. Parchment bloom with intense black-purple feathered eye that reaches more than half way to the end of each segment. The throat is lime green. The bloom gently recurves and is ruffled. Well-branched scapes. Pollen fertile. Parentage: (((Brer Rabbit’s Baby x Cherry Peacock) x Rose F Kennedy) x ((Evil Grin x Indian Giver) x Complicated))
(Reed, 2024) 60" M 6" dormant tetraploid
Very tall red tet unusual for its height (can reach 6 feet) with dark blue-green foliage and deep branching. The bloom starts out as an intense red bitone, and on a hot day can fade to lighter red with red veins.The blooms have a green throat and a nice ruffled gold edge. 4 branches and 20 bud count. Pod and pollen fertile. Parentage: (Belief in Vein x Old Friends).
Thief of Time is a very large, ruffled, light cream pink with a large, feathered rose-pink eye and bright green throat.
34" MLa Re 7.5" dormant diploid, Unusual Form-cascade. It has good substance, and blooms at medium height. 3 branches with 20 buds, strong scapes. Comes from pattern genetics, but is not patterned -gorgeous in the garden.
Parentage: (Opal Road x Ponder Stibbons) This is a sibling to Puzzle Pieces!
(Reed, 2021) 48” M 8” dormant diploid, Unusual Form cascade
Large and open form, this is a ruffled cascade in a very clear medium rose-pink with rose band and large green throat. 3-way branching, bud count 14.
Parentage: (Appalachian Trail x Earth Jewels)
Quite tall, like pink turtles blooming on the top of 4-way deeply branched scapes (24 buds). Out of LOLA BRANHAM, this one blooms late and long. The blooms are not large, but recurved pink blend shells with darker pink stippling above a green throat. Its garden name was "Pink Towers". Fertile both ways. I am using it to bring pink colors into the tall cultivars. It was registered when I knew it would be an introduction, but it didn't get lined out for introduction until this year, because it blooms so late in the season. It has been a good parent.
This bud builder starts in mid-season and blooms on into August with large light gold flowers with a wine purple eye that is long (extended) and feathered. It has a deep green throat and gold midribs. It is an Unusual Form cascade, ruffled and
with good substance. It has 2 branches and 26 buds. Fertile both ways. The blooms are presented outwards. This year it reached 50" in height but is usually not that tall.
Parentage: (Trance x Opal Road) sibling to Apple Orchard Sunrise.
(Reed, 2017) 55" La 5.75", dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 24 buds (Tree Turtles x Planet Max) UF - cascade.
Ruffled rose-lavender with a large green-to-cream throat ending in a slight watermark.
In the late garden, a tall clump of Vintage Virginia makes a real statement. Opening slowly, it looks a little old-fashioned in the morning, but opens to a wide bloom later in the day.
(Reed, 2019) 34" MLa 6" dor., dip., UF cascade
Light flamingo pink with several colors of rose pink and rose in the eye; the eye bleeds out to the end of all segments. Lighter pink ruffled edges and green throat. Great scapes with 4-way branching and moderate height. 28 buds. Fertile both ways. Parentage: (Metzger’s Purple Storm x (Peacock Curls x Heavenly Curls)). A garden favorite, named after our grandson, Walter!
Intense watermelon red with a deep green throat. Tiny white midrib, tight ruffling. The bright blooms are held on 5-way branching, like tree trunks, often with multiple blooms open per scape at once. Bud count about 26. Puts on a great heavy bloom show in late July. Old-fashioned look but incredible performance.
Parentage: (By the Riverside x Walter’s Elf) - $100 double fan
(Reed, 09) 36" M 7" dor.dip.ext. Unusual form cascade.
This very white bloom is consistent and high-performing. It has the strength from RADIANT MOONBEAM, and the grace and narrowness from SKINWALKER. It is 3-way branched, with about 22 buds. The bloom has good substance and is slightly ruffled. Easily pod and pollen fertile. Delicious.
(Reed, 2013) 28" La 6" dormant, diploid, fragrant! Unusual form crispate.
To add calm beauty to the late season garden, this one has it all! Early in the morning it is trumpet shaped, looking like an Easter Lily, with purple stripes on the reverse of the sepals. Later in the morning it opens flat, with a soft cream-white face. It is a reverse bitone, with lavender on the sepals. Edged and stippled in lavender. It has sturdy scapes with four-way branching, and a bud count of 22. It makes a neat mound of blooms for a long time in late July and August. Bloomed until August 31 in 2012. Out of Lola Branham. Pod and pollen fertile.
