IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
TET 8912 Pod parent is 1909 x [(Storm Shelter x Jane Trimmer) x All Things to All Men].
Pollen parent is Trials of Job. 7.5" (to 8"), 28" (range of 26-31"), 4-way branching (range of 3-4, and some years averages 3), 17 buds (range of 12-22), ML, Sev, fr, instant Re outside in MN on 66-75% of fans. Cranberry; dark plus light lavender watermark; ivory "eye" on sepals; lavender plus ivory ruffled edge; yellow to green throat. Often patterned. Good foliage and well above average rust resistance. Very hardy.
Pictured in the catalog on its BEST day outside. Please see more outside pictures on the website, plus a fascinating patterned one inside the greenhouse (which occurs there a lot) to give you some ideas on how to use it best in hybridizing. It is a good cold morning and early morning opener unless it decides to tangle, which it does a lot - hence the name. You will often see a strikingly beautiful flower of it open next to one that is completely tangled. (For whatever it's worth, it never tangles in the GH). Some of its blooms are stunning, and many are beautiful, but there are too many bad ones to recommend it for anyone wanting a consistently pretty garden flower. So for now, like Inspired By Hope, UNTIL I GET MORE REPORTS FROM THOSE WHO GET IT, THIS IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY (WHICH MEANS NO SELLING OR GIFTING OR TRADING, ETC. ALTHOUGH IT IS OK TO SELL SEEDS OR SHARE POLLEN WITH VISITING FRIENDS). It BREEDS LARGE, INTERESTING KIDS that are astonishingly beautiful greenhouse wonders, but most don't pass their outside tests. WHERE IT HAS REALLY SHINED FOR ME IS AS A GRANDPARENT, and a number of its grandkids are likely future intros. See website for kids and grandkids. Easily fertile both ways
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