Lots in bloom these days...
Part of the Greenhouse
Vintage Harvest 'Chardonnay' B/CSA, a cross of the formidable English breeder Chianti 'Chilton' x Golden Acres, with beautiful color.
Sunset 'Alpha' AM/RHS, a cross of Earl of Chester x Maudiae, winner of the George Moore Medal for best paph awarded by the RHS in 1937.
Hellas 'Westonbirt' FCC/AOS-RHS, B/CSA and GMM winner in 1942.
Manayunk 'April' AM/AOS, Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable' x Dakota 'Penn Valley', a red from the collection of W.W. Wilson with extraordinary petals (PW 6.4 cm) and great form.
Sioux 'Bluejay' HCC/AOS, from a remake of the original W.W. Wilson cross by the Tonkins using Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable' and Gigi 'Malibu' (rather than Gigi 'Bonsall').
Valerie Tonkin 'Quail' HCC/AOS, registered as Stefani Pitta 'Val' x Hellas 'Westonbirt' but this one from the F1 sibling strain, a grex originally registered in 1984 and still being awarded in 2011, PW 6.3 cm.
Bonita 'Jacqueline Smith' HCC/AOS-ODC, a cross of Great Mogul and Nancy Gamble, which despite great color and having been awarded in the late 1950s, has never made any offspring of note.
Lastly, a selected plant of Donna Hanes x (Vashon Sundance x Prime Time), which has never been registered and was made by Papa Aroha. This is a wonderful grex - this clone has flowered as the largest well-formed flower I own, topping out at nearly 16 cm NS and 6.8 cm PW. This year's flowering is not as good, but still a pretty flower showing good potential. I have another one, not quite as large but still nice form, which is pure gold. I really like this flower.
Part of the Greenhouse
Vintage Harvest 'Chardonnay' B/CSA, a cross of the formidable English breeder Chianti 'Chilton' x Golden Acres, with beautiful color.
Sunset 'Alpha' AM/RHS, a cross of Earl of Chester x Maudiae, winner of the George Moore Medal for best paph awarded by the RHS in 1937.
Hellas 'Westonbirt' FCC/AOS-RHS, B/CSA and GMM winner in 1942.
Manayunk 'April' AM/AOS, Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable' x Dakota 'Penn Valley', a red from the collection of W.W. Wilson with extraordinary petals (PW 6.4 cm) and great form.
Sioux 'Bluejay' HCC/AOS, from a remake of the original W.W. Wilson cross by the Tonkins using Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable' and Gigi 'Malibu' (rather than Gigi 'Bonsall').
Valerie Tonkin 'Quail' HCC/AOS, registered as Stefani Pitta 'Val' x Hellas 'Westonbirt' but this one from the F1 sibling strain, a grex originally registered in 1984 and still being awarded in 2011, PW 6.3 cm.
Bonita 'Jacqueline Smith' HCC/AOS-ODC, a cross of Great Mogul and Nancy Gamble, which despite great color and having been awarded in the late 1950s, has never made any offspring of note.
Lastly, a selected plant of Donna Hanes x (Vashon Sundance x Prime Time), which has never been registered and was made by Papa Aroha. This is a wonderful grex - this clone has flowered as the largest well-formed flower I own, topping out at nearly 16 cm NS and 6.8 cm PW. This year's flowering is not as good, but still a pretty flower showing good potential. I have another one, not quite as large but still nice form, which is pure gold. I really like this flower.
