BRENDA NEWBOLD (KING-LAMONE 1999)

ca. 26 - 28in, MID, 5.5in, NOCT, DOR, "Soft, pale pink with apple-green heart and chartreuse throat."

An important breeder for Unusual Forms, passing on its very flat, open form, clear colour, green throat, wide branching and hardiness easily to its offspring.

BRENDA NEWBOLD has widely-spaced two to three-way branching, ca. 25 - 30 buds, nocturnally-opening flowers, the soft pale pink over faintest melon base with glowing apple green heart, excellent growth and pleasant ascending-arching foliage and productive pod and pollen fertility.

Marc wrote: "I felt that it was destined for introduction and distribution. Gasps were heard among garden visitors when BRENDA NEWBOLD was in full bloom. Much admired by Diana Grenfell on a visit to the garden in 1997. In the garden, the colour is soft and clear, the throat glows green and chartreuse, the flower form is a huge star with rippled edges and gentle twists.

Growth is good and it is completely hardy, but increase can be between moderate and good depending on soil content and position in the garden. When moved to the nursery where we have deep, alluvial, sandy soil, the scapes on BRENDA NEWBOLD and others that had remained relatively short for the past five years, planted in a drought-prone garden on a hillside, grew taller and produced better branching. An excellent garden plant for the north, this one has also been trialled in Louisiana, USA and seems to like the heat as well, becoming very crispate. In cooler climates, the crispation is less. Rave reviews from England where it grows very well and puts on a magnicifent display!"

double fan £ 25.00 SPRING 2004 DELIVERY AVAILABLE back in frame