Vader's Choice
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| − | {{Registration|l=|r=|f=Golden Sprouts|m=Army of Darkness|h=Huben|y=2017|s=MH1123A|p={{price|VC}}|i=32 E 2.75, Yellow Self, Dor Dip|b=This one | + | {{Registration|l=|r=|f=Golden Sprouts|m=Army of Darkness|h=Huben|y=2017|s=MH1123A|p={{price|VC}}|i=32 E 2.75, Yellow Self, Dor Dip|b=This one was registered as 'Vader's Choice' because the scapes are so very black. I knew it would be an introduction just looking at the scapes, before the flowers had even opened. It has only two minor faults according to my tastes: the flowers are yellow and they don't recurve as much as I like. The flowers have a green throat and bronze sepal backs and open well early in the morning even in 50 degree weather. More importantly the flowers furl well into beautiful, bud-like bundles, making this plant self-grooming. The stiff, erect scapes are very dark on all sides and have up to 5 branches and 30 buds. Vader's Choice presents its distinctive, black scapes for weeks before Stella De Oro blooms, and then starts blooming shortly after Stella. The foliage is terrific: dark, glossy, and unusually low. It is a vigorous increaser. Likely rust resistant.|d=This one was registered as 'Vader's Choice' because the scapes are so very black. I knew it would be an introduction just looking at the scapes, before the flowers had even opened. It has only two minor faults according to my tastes: the flowers are yellow and they don't recurve as much as I like. The flowers have a green throat and bronze sepal backs and open well early in the morning even in 50 degree weather. More importantly the flowers furl well into beautiful, bud-like bundles, making this plant self-grooming. The stiff, erect scapes are very dark on all sides and have up to 5 branches and 30 buds. Vader's Choice presents its distinctive, black scapes for weeks before Stella De Oro blooms, and then starts blooming shortly after Stella. The foliage is terrific: dark, glossy, and unusually low. It is a vigorous increaser. Likely rust resistant. |
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| + | The closed flowers are as beautiful as the buds. | ||
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| + | Sometimes the flowers don't open as widely as I'd like. But the trumpet form provides color when viewed from all directions. | ||
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