JULIE NEWMAR

(Morss) 32" EE Re Ex Sev 7" Only a unique flower of great beauty would be appropriate to be named for so lovely a gardener and "living work of art" as is Julie Newmar. She honors us by selecting her namesake from nineteen exceptional possibilities. The blooms are a pastel peach color, with a washed eye - in a web configuration - having imperial purple colored webbing that outlines a watercolor wash of violet lavender. The eye colors are echoed in a watermark design on the sepals. In cool weather, the petals display a partial edge of grape purple, outlined in pale yellow gold. As the heat intensifies, the edge becomes spectacularly ornate and completely outlines the petal edges in serrated grape plum up to ¼" wide. This plum edge is bordered in a ¼" wide serrated, sharks tooth formation. The exotically formed bloom opens early, is widespread, flat and narrow, with 2 1/8" wide petals and 1 3/8" wide sepals. The color and substance are unfazed by the hottest all day sun. As a parent, JULIE is producing narrow and unusually formed seedlings with eyes and edges. The strongly recurrent scapes have 3 - 5 way branching and up to 45 buds. The pollen is extremely fertile, and the pods are fertile.
[(Seedling x Fortune's Dearest) X Gerda Brooker].