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The Original Silver Dollar Polyanthus |
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HARVEST YELLOWS | Introduced in 1939 the direct unadulterated descendants of Miss Jekyll's Munstead strain. A regal shimmer of gold, ivory, orange, lemon, buttercup, canary and mimosa yellows. Heavy with scent. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DESERT SUNSET | Introduced in 1958. Descendents of Linda Eichman's 'Warm Laughter'. A riot of coral, apricot, salmon, shrimp, begonia pink, champagne, maize, burnt orange, salmon and prawn red shades. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SPICE SHADES | Chocolate, coffee, cinnamon, allspice, ginger and hazelnut browns, with the occasional acid yellow. Introduced in 1953, and still being poked, sniffed, caressed and disbelieved. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GRAND CANYON | Copper, bronze, gold bronze, old gold, tile red, rust, tangerine and ramona. Glint of the sun on desert rocks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
INDIAN REDS | Warpaint in crimson, scarlet, vermillion, cherry, guardsman, and orient reds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WINTER WHITE | Introduced in 1939 and perpetuated along with the Harvest Yellows from the Munsteads. Gold centred whites many with beautifully serrated petals. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE VICTORIANS |
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Specialities |
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MARINE BLUES | Introduced in 1944. French, Prussian and oriental blues. Cobalt, delft, sky and navy blues. Blues of the summer seas and skies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NEW PINKS | The original strain of 'true pink' pinks made their sensational debut in 1958 and are descendents of Linda Eichman's 'Crown Pink'. Delicious wild rose and sweet pea pinks. Ethereal peach and apple-blossom shades. Bright raspberry pinks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
KWAN YIN | Chinese, currant and pimento reds. Tall,dark slender stlks. Precision stamped gold star. Incomparably graceful. Never a strong plant 'Kwan Yin' was discontinued in 1965 in favour of 'Little Egypt'. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LITTLE EGYPT | Introduced in 1965. Stunningly brilliant pink-brick and Egyptian red with either a very small eye or eyeless. An elegant, dark-stemmed switch of vivid, compact-eyed blooms in red, orange and pyramid brick shades. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
REVERIE | A ripple of butterfly and powder blues, each flower illuminated by a small, precision stamped yellow or orange star. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FLAMINGO | A child of, and a perfect foil for, the Cowichans. Bright ribbon and orange pinks, soft dawn and pastel pinks with the occasional light yellow. Flowers have small, neat centres, sometimes etched with a thin red line. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
COWICHAN | Originally introduced in 1949
as 'Cowichan' described as "Jewel shades of ruby, garnet, light and dark
amethyst, Venetian red. Often red-bronze foliage. Solid velvet color, no yellow
centre. The famous eyeless strain so popular in England." The strain was the
result of Florence Bellis using the pollen from Major Knocker's "Cowichan
Polyanthus" on to "Kwan Yin". It was subsequently selected into seperate colour strains:
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Later Introductions |
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RAMONA | Spectacular coppered reds selected from 'Grand Canyon'. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
RUSTIC REDS | Gentle, ploughman-clopping-home reds. Chestnut and terracotta reds, and warm wallflower shades. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIRE DANCE | A blaze of nasturtium shades. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MEXICO | Empire rose, spanish orange, cornhusk and buff yellows, rose tile and adobe shades and vivid coral pinks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CHARTREUSE | Descended from Gertude Jekyll's Munstead Strain these are of cool, elegant creamy green shading to white. Blooms often heavily ruffled. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HARBOUR LIGHTS | Night on the waterfront. Startling oriental and pastel reds, smoky apricot, and vivid orange apricot, neon pinks and salmon reds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DAYBREAK | Opalescent mother of pearl and dark stemmed whites, often flushed or veined with apricot or rose pink. Most have bronzed foliage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PARIS '90 | Whites and creams with a blue picotee edge and/or reverse, and blues and mauves suffused on a white ground. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MIDNIGHT | Deep blue blacks and magenta purples, some with white centres and some edged with silver wire. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VALENTINE VICTORIANS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
YELLOW COWICHAN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BARNHAVEN PRIMROSES |
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CANDY PINKS | True clear pinks - bright satin pink, soft peach, shell, salmon and baby pinks. Launched in 1958 as the first really pink acaulis and still a heart melter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AMERICAN
BLUES or BARNHAVEN BLUES |
Breathtaking. Words fail before sheets of blue with hardly a leaf to be seen. Clean-cut, steadfast blues in shades of azure, French blue, Alice, cornflower, indigo, often silver edged, sometimes eyeless. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BUTTERSCOTCH | Beautiful blends of rose and gold producing shades of rose bronze, copper, bronze, barley sugar, champagne, pink-apricot and butter yellow. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HARBINGER | Great white stars. Heart shaped petals. A primrose dating back to Queen Victoria's reign. Gold centred whites, from a sport of the wild primrose found more than a hundred years ago in a Cornish wood. It was awarded a First Class Certificate by the R.H.S. in 1882. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TRADITIONAL YELLOWS | Primrose yellow and gold. The wild English 'primmyrose' glorified. Moonlight yellow of the wild primrose, but with larger flowers and stronger stems. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BARNHAVEN GOLD | A selection of the bright and sunny yellow golds from the original Traditional Yellows. You may catch some of the blooms wearing a naughty little petticoat of extra petals in the centre. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OSIERED AMBER | Pink tinged buds and blooms of apricot, amber, and yellow with red stems and calyxes and red-bronze foliage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TARTAN REDS | Red shades of the Scottish tartans.Rich red shades, many with dark stems and foliage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BARNHAVEN DOUBLES | Introduced in 1966 these were
to be Florence Bellis' last great introduction before her retirement. Though
seed was only available in mixed colours, plants were available in a multitude
of individual named strains:
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Barnhaven Polyanthus & Primrose seed is now
available from
Lynne & David Lawson in France.
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