Tropicals & Tender Perennials: April Fools Flower in NYC, 1 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
I'd grown up a few too many cuttings last winter.. [ this year I have far more new ones... and growing each and every one.. If they have to be one on top of another ] and thought I'd narrow down my color plate and give a few away... One I gave as a 5' flowering spring thing [ great growth ]I'd had from a small fall cutting .. it bloomed alot in the summer.. and she brought it inside... and was keeping it going there... She left for a winter in Fl. and her tennant prmised to water them and her other plants.. she returned the other day .. and we were greeted with the fully flowering brug pictured.. and the tennant saying .. OH... that was the second flush she has had since she was there from about Christmas time. it's my vote for the most cooperative and complyant with every imagineable thought of how one might be a great Brug..not to mention the intoxicating aroma.. inside the flower [ I'm waek remembering it ]and through out the house... Well, I can't remember just who it is ... is there some thought as to the name of this one... she didn't remember and I can't tell myself... given the probually change of color in the inside bloom... as I remember it was darker as I gave it to her...and it happend last summer... I can't remember myself who I told her it was ..
I'll get a cutting back and keep this one ... not bad for the winter in front of a NYC window.. managed by a tennant farmer.. Gordon