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MH0315E (Huben nr) 24 EM Re 3.25, Melon Self, Dor Dip

(Boston Marathon * Ace Up My Sleeve)

Siblings

• But I Repeat Myself (Huben 2015) 30 E Re 3.5, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip Ext MH0315Z = (Boston Marathon * Ace Up My Sleeve) A very white northern continuous rebloomer with wide sepals and 4 branches with 15 buds. A very important parent! Throws very good branching and whiteness. $25 DF

• MH0315C (Huben ) 20 E Re 2.75, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip (Boston Marathon * Ace Up My Sleeve)

Descendents

• Helicopter (Huben 2013) 36 EM Re 3.5, Melon Self, Dor Dip Ufo (A Small Multitude * MH0315E) 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.

  • Alina (Huben 2021) 34 E Re 3.25, NearWhite Self,Dor Dip Ext UFO (Helicopter * MH1107N) For decades I have wanted Nutmeg Elf in different colors. I got it in melon with Helicopter, and now I have it win near-white! This is a breakthrough in small UFO's not just because it is a small spatulate, but for the unrivaled clear white with a wide-open green throat, cool morning opening, self-grooming and the strong northern rebloom. I knew it was an introduction even before the first flower opened, just from the color of the buds and the instant rebloom. 4 branches and 12 buds are not as good as Helicopter, but with a face like that who cares? The pollen is fertile: I don't know about the pods. Alina is named for my sweetheart, who has spirited me away to happiness inEcuador.

  • MH1211.10 (Huben ) 20 EM 3.5, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip (Helicopter * MH0902S) A first attempt to bring narrow forms into white rebloomer lines. Not as narrow or white as the ultimate goal, and no sign of rebloom yet. Maybe next year.

• MH1116E (Huben ) (MH0315E * Green Effusion) A melon and white bicolor.

Ancestors

• Boston Marathon (Huben 2010) 24 E Re 3.5, Pink w'Rose Eye, Dor Dip Noc (Frequent Flyer * Early And Often) Pink with rose eye. Northern Continuous Rebloom. A pretty pink rebloomer with great green throat. Blooms until frost.

  • Frequent Flyer (Kendall 2003) 28 E Re 4, Cream w'Lavender Eye, Dor Dip Ext Noc (Millie Schlumf * Brocaded Gown) F2 An awesome continuous rebloomer, with airy, well-branched scapes. It is also an amazing breeder, passing rebloom and often taking on the form and clarifying the color of the other parent.

    
    

  • Early And Often (Huben 2001) 26 E Re 4, Peach Polychrome, Dor Dip Ext Fra Noc (Sunny Honey * Sobek 94.12) 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.

    • Sunny Honey (Millikan 1989) 24 E Re 3.5, Yellow Self, Sev Dip Noc (Stella De Oro * Brocaded Gown)

      • Stella De Oro (Jablonski 1975) 11 E Re 2.75, Gold Self, Dor Dip Fra Ext Noc

        
        

      • Brocaded Gown (Millikan 1979) 26 EM Re 6, Cream Self, Sev Dip Ext (Buttermilk Sky * Sabie)

        • Buttermilk Sky
        • Sabie

    • Sobek 94.12 (Sobek ) 28 E 4.5, Cream Self, Dor Dip (Three Seasons * Tuscawilla Tranquility)

      • Three Seasons (Sobek 1990) 21 EE Re 2.62, Yellow Self, Dor Dip Noc Ext (Suzie Wong * Bitsy)

        • Suzie Wong
        • Bitsy

      • Tuscawilla Tranquility (Hansen 1988) 21 EE Re 5.5, NearWhite Self, Sev Dip Fra Ext (Monica Marie * Ruffled Ivory) * (Monica Marie * Gentle Shepherd)

        
        

• Ace Up My Sleeve (Huben 2010) 22 E Re 4, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip (Early And Often * Sunshine On Clouds) Near white self. Northern Continuous Rebloom. Increases slowly but an exceptional breeder of continuous rebloomers.

  • Early And Often (Huben 2001) 26 E Re 4, Peach Polychrome, Dor Dip Ext Fra Noc (Sunny Honey * Sobek 94.12) 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.

    • Sunny Honey (Millikan 1989) 24 E Re 3.5, Yellow Self, Sev Dip Noc (Stella De Oro * Brocaded Gown)

      • Stella De Oro (Jablonski 1975) 11 E Re 2.75, Gold Self, Dor Dip Fra Ext Noc

        
        

      • Brocaded Gown (Millikan 1979) 26 EM Re 6, Cream Self, Sev Dip Ext (Buttermilk Sky * Sabie)

        • Buttermilk Sky
        • Sabie

    • Sobek 94.12 (Sobek ) 28 E 4.5, Cream Self, Dor Dip (Three Seasons * Tuscawilla Tranquility)

      • Three Seasons (Sobek 1990) 21 EE Re 2.62, Yellow Self, Dor Dip Noc Ext (Suzie Wong * Bitsy)

        • Suzie Wong
        • Bitsy

      • Tuscawilla Tranquility (Hansen 1988) 21 EE Re 5.5, NearWhite Self, Sev Dip Fra Ext (Monica Marie * Ruffled Ivory) * (Monica Marie * Gentle Shepherd)

        
        

  • Sunshine On Clouds (Huben 2006) 26 E Re 4.25, Cream w'Pale Midrib, Dor Dip (MH9721E * MH9650E) An outstanding clump in my garden for the brilliance, unique shade, and floriferousness. It is a brilliant light yellow, in the cream range but with none of the dullness of most creams due to extreme diamond dusting. The upfacing blooms have a yellowgreen throat. Crossed with Early And Often, it is the parent of Ace Up My Sleeve, and the grandparent of my latest crop of nearwhite rebloomers. It has 18 buds on three branches. Sunshine On Clouds reblooms lightly in my garden, but in other people's gardens it is a much stronger rebloomer.

    • MH9721E
    • MH9650E