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= | + | {{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={{Price|OP}}|b=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. My other tall, red introductions have a trumpety form, but O Positive has more a ruffled bagel form: or perhaps you could say it resembles a red blood cell (but it's too big to be named Erythrocyte.)|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. | + | 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. My other tall, red introductions have a trumpety form, but O Positive has more a ruffled bagel form: or perhaps you could say it resembles a red blood cell (but it's too big to be named Erythrocyte.) |
| − | 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. | + | 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. It doesn't slick, curl or fade. It doesn't show damage from thrips, aphids, or rain. There is no muddyness in this green-throated red! True, it's not as wide as many, but the recurve makes it a good bagel. O Positive is the second most sunfast red 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. |
[[File:Arterial Blood vs. O Positive.jpg|760px]] | [[File:Arterial Blood vs. O Positive.jpg|760px]] | ||
