O Positive
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{{Registration|f=Crazy Kids|m=Indelible Blood|h=Huben|y=2013|i=46 EM 3.25, Red w'Dark Band, Dor Dip|s=MH0765C|p=$75 SF|b=Vigorous, tall, sunfast, well branched and budded. Bob Sobek is greatly impressed with this one for its saturation and excellent plant qualities.|d= | {{Registration|f=Crazy Kids|m=Indelible Blood|h=Huben|y=2013|i=46 EM 3.25, Red w'Dark Band, Dor Dip|s=MH0765C|p=$75 SF|b=Vigorous, tall, sunfast, well branched and budded. Bob Sobek is greatly impressed with this one for its saturation and excellent plant qualities.|d= | ||
| − | + | This red has everything. It is vigorous, tall, sunfast, well branched and budded and beautiful. The instant Bob Sobek saw it, he said he wanted it: and not too surprisingly, it is out of one of his introductions. With 6 branches and 24 buds, it puts on a terrific display for a long time. The foliage is excellent. | |
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| + | What makes this one special for me is the SUNFAST velvety intensity of the red color combined with the width needed for a bagel form. True, it's not as wide as many, but the recurve makes it a good bagel. It is the second most sunfast thing I have, right after its parent [[Indelible Blood]]. It compares extremely well with [[Arterial Blood]] (left): it has a deeper color and is only a smidgeon smaller. I love the green throat. | ||
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| + | I've also compared it to Grace Stamile's excellent [[Broadway Valentine]], which is much less saturated and much less sunfast. AS you can see from the picture, you don't need wide petals to still have the bagel effect. | ||
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| + | As a clump, O Positive is assertive: the scapes are bolt erect and the flowers are rather upfacing. At almost 4 feet tall, this one stands out at a distance. Bob Sobek and I have bred with it extensively this past summer (2012): I can't wait to see the kids! | ||
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| + | I really don't perceive any faults with this one, and can't recommend it highly enough. | ||
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