A small Crozy Group cultivar; green foliage, oblong shaped, branching habit; panicles of flowers are open, tangerine-orange with a wide yellow margin, staminodes are medium size, fully self-cleaning; fertile both ways, not self-pollinating or true to type, capsules globose; rhizomes are thick, up to 3 cm in diameter, coloured white and purple; tillering is average.
Introduced by Marcelle Sheppard, Texas, USA. Grown from seed from Geo. Parks Seed Company, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA, labelled as "Seven Dwarf Seeds".
great!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, this is one of the best that Mrs Sheppard introduced.
ReplyDeleteIt is also a superb seed parent, producing many good variations and colours.