*GLADY, MY LITTLE CHICKADEE

(N. Ripley 2011) 05NR141 ((Tet Red Eyed Dynamite sdlg. x San Ignacio) x Lavender Cascades). 5.75", 32", 3-way branching, 20 buds Dormant, Mid/late season, fertile both ways. GLADY, MY LITTLE CHICKADEE was named for my second mother, Glady Ripley. Glady, is my bookkeeper when we have a sale in the garden. I could not have a sale without her excellent help. GLADY, MY LITTLE CHICKADEE is a round full form with diamond dusting all over flower. Pink Lavender with darker bluish eye. The eye starts out with a line of darker fuchsia color then to a bluish lavender into the throat turning into green. The petals & sepals are the same color of Pink Lavender. The triple picotee edges of the petals start with a fine line of the same darker fuchsia color then go to same eye color of bluish lavender and finishing with a fine metallic sliver filigree edge. The color has always been dream like. I am using this flower in my pattern eye program, as it is an excellent parent and throws some interesting eye patterns. If you are working with pattern eyes in the north, you will want Glady, My Little Chickadee. The name says 'Little" but the flower is not, at 5.75" on 32" well branched scapes and a wonderful parent. Double fan, $35.00.

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