+  H. ‘RED ON RED’*

EE Re Ex Ev 5”. Our first “splash” type red double since. H. ‘Holy Mackerel’, only this is a tetraploid. Instantly recognizable, the bloom is a fascinating medium red with lighter watermark halo above a yellow to green throat. The inner segments exhibit splashes of pink, palest yellow and cream!  Blooms are EMO, consistently formed, full, petaloid style double. Perhaps to compensate for it’s nearly always missing pistil, H. Red On Red  is generous with very fertile pollen, and gives fine double red seedlings. The scapes have 3 - 4 way branching, and are strongly recurrent. So far, it has never bloomed single. Descended from 20 generations of red breeding, including one of the parents of Stamile’s H. ‘Night Embers’. 99.9% double.