From Darkness Comes Light
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{{Registration|f=MH0047I|m=A Small Multitude|h=Huben|y=2010|i=34 E 3.5, Cream Self, Dor Dip Noc|s=MH0231D|p=$50 DF|b=My next nominee for an award. Cream blooms on inky purple scapes. 25 buds, 4 branches. Exceptional plant habits and performance.|d= | {{Registration|f=MH0047I|m=A Small Multitude|h=Huben|y=2010|i=34 E 3.5, Cream Self, Dor Dip Noc|s=MH0231D|p=$50 DF|b=My next nominee for an award. Cream blooms on inky purple scapes. 25 buds, 4 branches. Exceptional plant habits and performance.|d= | ||
| − | + | A breakthrough! I've long admired the dark scapes on Corky and Golden Chimes, but I wanted to get away from the yellow to cleaner, brighter colors. Here's a distinctive light cream self with wide petals, ruffles, and plenty of green in the throat on inky purple scapes! The buds add to the beauty with their intriguing dark shading at base and tip. This one should win an award. | |
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| + | From Darkness Comes Light is incredibly floriferous because it has high scape density. It rapidly increases to a beautiful, fountain-shaped clump where each of the slender fans has a splendidly branched scape with up to 25 buds and 4 branches (in my poor garden.) The graceful dark scapes come from Corky ancestry on both sides; neither parent has more than a touch of darkness on the scapes. | ||
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| + | Dark scapes seem elusive: from some angles they appear black, while from others they appear green. Heat, moisture, and light seem to affect how dark the scape is in my garden: I expect that the scapes will be much darker in most other gardens than in mine. This picture exaggerates the contrast a little, and only the last 8 inches of scape are colored for me, but the scapes are beautifully purple. Not as deeply purple as Sir Blackstem, but far more graceful and beautiful. These scapes stay erect unless they are heavily podded. | ||
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| + | Another distinctive feature of From Darkness Comes Light is the extraordinary quality of the foliage. This year I noticed that it showed no signs of senescence or disease at Harmon Hill Farm at the end of August. Unlike the gnarled, stubby foliage of Sir Blackstem, this foliage is graceful and slender. The photo above was taken August 31st. | ||
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| + | From Darkness Comes Light is terrifically fertile, setting pods either way with ease. First results have shown some seedlings with excellent branching, much darker scapes and exciting bud colors. A few have left the yellow behind, and are melons or clear, pale reds. I've made a LOT of seed from this one! | ||
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