Helicopter
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| − | {{Registration|f=A Small Multitude|m=MH0315E|h=Huben|y=2013|i=36 EM Re 3.5, Melon Self, Dor Dip Ufo|s=MH0761E|d= | + | {{Registration|f=A Small Multitude|m=MH0315E|h=Huben|y=2013|i=36 EM Re 3.5, Melon Self, Dor Dip Ufo|s=MH0761E|p={{Price|H}}|b=2020 Honorable Mention. Helicopter is the most distinctive introduction I have this year, and really excites me. Several people are working on small spideries and UFOs, and I got one by accident! My actual goal was hanging flowers, but what I got was a small MELON spatulate. Three breakthoughs at once: small size, narrow spatulate form, and melon color that will let me move to clean whites, pinks, reds and purples. All that AND it has one-time rebloom (late) in my garden and at Harmon Hill Farm. In plant habit, Helicopter resembles [[Nutmeg Elf]] (McCabe 1978), an Award Of Merit winner. A forest of slender, well branched scapes floats numerous flowers well above the foliage and well separated from each other. Grace personified! A great increaser with four branches and 18 buds. Likely rust resistant.|d= |
| − | Helicopter is the most distinctive introduction I have this year, and really excites me. Several people are working on small spideries and UFOs, and I got one by accident! My actual goal was hanging flowers, but what I got was a small MELON spatulate. Three breakthoughs at once: small size, narrow spatulate form, and melon color that will let me move to clean whites, pinks, reds and purples. All that AND it has one-time rebloom (late) in my garden and at Harmon Hill Farm. | + | 2020 Honorable Mention. Helicopter is the most distinctive introduction I have this year, and really excites me. Several people are working on small spideries and UFOs, and I got one by accident! My actual goal was hanging flowers, but what I got was a small MELON spatulate. Three breakthoughs at once: small size, narrow spatulate form, and melon color that will let me move to clean whites, pinks, reds and purples. All that AND it has one-time rebloom (late) in my garden and at Harmon Hill Farm. In plant habit, Helicopter resembles [[Nutmeg Elf]] (McCabe 1978), an Award Of Merit winner. A forest of slender, well branched scapes floats numerous flowers well above the foliage and well separated from each other. Grace personified! A great increaser with four branches and 18 buds. Likely rust resistant. |
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| − | + | Nutmeg Elf | |
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There is some yellow in the bloom: the warmer the nights, the more yellow. But after cool nights, there can be so little yellow that it approaches white! | There is some yellow in the bloom: the warmer the nights, the more yellow. But after cool nights, there can be so little yellow that it approaches white! | ||
| − | [[File:Helicopter-2.jpg| | + | [[File:Helicopter-2.jpg|760px]] |
| + | Helicopter | ||
Helicopter is quite fertile, and produces pods with lots of seeds. We've seen the excellent results Gossard, Reinke, Blanton and others got with Nutmeg Elf: imagine repeating them in other colors using Helicopter! | Helicopter is quite fertile, and produces pods with lots of seeds. We've seen the excellent results Gossard, Reinke, Blanton and others got with Nutmeg Elf: imagine repeating them in other colors using Helicopter! | ||
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