HIST: Florentine
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- Subject: HIST: Florentine
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 09:27:36 -0600
Hello, Everyone!
FLORENTINE (Cayeux, 1937) has bloomed in my garden for the first time. I
obtained it from Superstition Gardens, and the description of it in their
catalog is
"Very large over-all patterned white, plicata washed blue; like
stone-washed jeans"
The "stone-washed jeans" is a very apt characterization of the overall
appearance of the flower. While it does have some plicata stitching on the
edges of both the standards and falls, on most of the surface of the petals
it is the veins that are unpigmented (white) with the anthocyanin pigment
(blue-violet) confined to the areas between the veins. There is also a
clear white area around the beards. With this kind of pattern it seems that
FLORENTINE has the characteristics of a luminata-plicata. Has anyone else
so described it?
Whatever the formal designation of its color pattern, FLORENTINE is a
distinctive and attractive cultivar with good flower size and form for its
era, and a plant that has shown itself to be healthy and vigorous here.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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