Early And Often
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| − | {{Registration|h=Huben|y=2001|f=Sunny Honey|m=Sobek 94.12|s=MH9761A|i=26 E Re 4, Peach Polychrome, Dor Dip Ext Fra Noc|p={{Price|EAO}}|b=Honorable Mention award 2006! At last: a northern rebloomer that isn't yellow or gold. The heart of my breeding program, producing a great diversity of seedlings, many of them rebloomers. Very rapid increase. Tested and found highly rust resistant (a character passed to most of its kids.) Early And Often was my first introduction, and has lived up to its promise as a continuous rebloomer; it blooms non stop from early July until frost. Some growers report as many as seven sets of scapes per season. Unlike other diploid rebloomers, it is a color clarifier and readily gives up the melon tones in seedlings.|d= | + | {{Registration|h=Huben|y=2001|f=Sunny Honey|m=Sobek 94.12|s=MH9761A|i=26 E Re 4, Peach Polychrome, Dor Dip Ext Fra Noc|p={{Price|EAO}}|b=Honorable Mention award 2006! At last: a northern rebloomer that isn't yellow or gold. The heart of my breeding program, producing a great diversity of seedlings, many of them rebloomers. Very rapid increase. Tested and found highly rust resistant (a character passed to most of its kids.) Early And Often was my first introduction, and has lived up to its promise as a continuous rebloomer; it blooms non stop from early July until frost. Some growers report as many as seven sets of scapes per season. Unlike other diploid rebloomers, it is a color clarifier and readily gives up the melon tones in seedlings. Rust resistant.|d= |
Often when I read a catalog, I wish there was more information to help me decide on a variety, especially comparative information. Since this is my first introduction, forgive me if I wax eloquent (and self indulgently) at great length about Early And Often. | Often when I read a catalog, I wish there was more information to help me decide on a variety, especially comparative information. Since this is my first introduction, forgive me if I wax eloquent (and self indulgently) at great length about Early And Often. | ||
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It is a pale peach color that blends well with other colors in the garden, and is always open flat early in the morning, even in cool weather. It has prospered through zone 4 and 5 winters. It is pod and pollen fertile, a great parent. It is the same height as Stella in my garden. There's a fair amount of ruffling, heavy diamond dusting, an unobtrusive yellow throat, and faint yellow veining. | It is a pale peach color that blends well with other colors in the garden, and is always open flat early in the morning, even in cool weather. It has prospered through zone 4 and 5 winters. It is pod and pollen fertile, a great parent. It is the same height as Stella in my garden. There's a fair amount of ruffling, heavy diamond dusting, an unobtrusive yellow throat, and faint yellow veining. | ||
| − | Why would you want Early And Often? It's not large or gaudy. Well, it's a season extender at both the early and late ends of the season, and one of the few that's not yellow. If you want to sell it like Stella is sold, it is the first strong northern rebloomer in its color class that is NOT PATENTED. And if you want to breed rebloomers, it is a fast route away from the yellow. It's larger than Stella, and throws beautiful kids in the first generation. Most of the kids are early morning openers if not nocturnal, and they readily take green throats from the other parent. | + | Why would you want Early And Often? It's not large or gaudy. Well, it's a season extender at both the early and late ends of the season, and one of the few that's not yellow. If you want to sell it like Stella is sold, it is the first strong northern rebloomer in its color class that is NOT PATENTED. And if you want to breed rebloomers, it is a fast route away from the yellow. It's larger than Stella, and throws beautiful kids in the first generation. Most of the kids are early morning openers if not nocturnal, and they readily take green throats from the other parent. Rust resistant, and passes that to its kids. |
Interestingly, Early And Often has been highly rust resistant (tolerant) during a decade of testing with rust in West Virginia and elsewhere. It passes that characteristic on to its kids. | Interestingly, Early And Often has been highly rust resistant (tolerant) during a decade of testing with rust in West Virginia and elsewhere. It passes that characteristic on to its kids. | ||
