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Brilliant Bouquet (Huben 2013) 28 EM Re 3.5, Cream Self, Dor Dip

MH0413A = (Sunshine On Clouds * MH0207K)
Price: $20 DF

Description

When I bred Sunshine On Clouds, I loved the behavior but wanted a whiter flower. With Brilliant Bouquet I failed to get a whiter flower, but kept all the good behavior, improved the foliage, improved the flower form a little, and got a marvelous performer. Sunshine On Clouds often covers itself in bloom, but Brilliant Bouquet brings that to a new level, at times giving a "cushion mum" effect. The above photo is ungroomed except for liveheading the previous day, and it is unnecessary to remove the spent blooms because they close well. With 5 branches, 28 buds, some bud building and some rebloom, that means a long season covered with flowers.

Excellent form for a northern rebloomer, as you can see below. This whole lineage has acted as color clarifiers in my breeding: Brilliant Bouquet should be able to throw near-white offspring. An average increaser.

Descendents

• MH1117B (Huben ) 22 E 4, Cream Self, Dor Dip (But I Repeat Myself * Brilliant Bouquet)

Ancestors

• 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

• MH0207K (Huben ) 20 E 3.5, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip Noc Ext (MH0029R * MH0015.5)

  • MH0029R (Huben ) 24 E 4.5, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip (Boston Symphony * Early And Often)

    • Boston Symphony (Reilly 1998) 30 E 3.5, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip (Swiss Mint * Gentle Shepherd)

      • Swiss Mint (Reilly 1994) 27 EM 5.87, NearWhite Blend, Dor Dip Fra Ext (sdlg * Joan Senior)

        • seedling

        • Joan Senior (Durio 1977) 25 EM Re 5, NearWhite Self, Evr Dip Ext (Loving Memories * Little Infant)

          • Loving Memories

          • Little Infant (Monette 1973) 20 M 4, Cream Self, Evr Dip

            
            

      • Gentle Shepherd

    • 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)

          
          

  • MH0015.5 (Huben ) 24 E 4, NearWhite Self, Evr Dip (Millie Schlumf * Early And Often)

    • Millie Schlumf (Guidry 1981) 20 EE Re 6, Pink Self, Evr Dip Emo

      
      

    • 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)