Hi folks....just for my own reference.....what are the names and colors of some of the more common 'doubles'?
(This has probably been asked before and I apologize if so, but I searched and couldn't find the topic.)
Names of doubles
WHITE:
candida Double White - inner skirt stuffed inside the outer one, velvety leaves
Species - inner skirt dropped below outer one, sawtoothed leaves
Enchanted Double White
Shredded White, Fantasma - shredded blooms
PEACH - ORANGE
Creamsickle - sometimes stays white in hot temps
Herrenhauser Garten - easy to find, hard to get blooms to stay on & open
Desiree
Double Peach
YELLOW
American Pride
Lexy
Any of the white ones listed should be easy to find, the peach ones may be a little bit harder, the yellow ones are very new, and in very short supply
And my favorite, Golden Lady :) Smaller blooms with a peachy inner skirt when we're lucky!
Thanks, Vi, I knew that I was leaving some out! So many people had looked at this thread without responding. I thought if I jumped in and named some, it would get the ball rolling! I left out Golden Lady and Tiara, and both of them are sitting in the basement right now. If either one had bloomed before, I would have remembered to list them!
I didn't know Lexy was double?
Hawaiian dbl. white is a nice one, stays white, has a very long inner skirt, blooms a lot..
There are some new dbl. pinks out also.
Thanks Ronna, violabird, Hibiscus!
Just what I needed...I appreciate your help.
carissa, also I loevd her this summer and she is fixing to bloom here for me again!
golden lady and cariss are my favorite doubles that i have, i would love to have a yellow one.
This is Lexy, from last fall. She was shy about opening up and dropping her skirts in the heat, but her late fall flowers were beauties, and were fragrant even during the day. I gave several away at the Florala round-up, but have none available right now. (unless someone has a Dbl Pink to trade!). They may 'get around' soon, but are still hard to come by.
Don't forget Knightii.
Kay
I am dying over here!! They are LOVELY...ALL of them! I needa Double Peach, Desiree, American Pride and lol....especially a Lexy!!!! **sigh**
(sigh) join the club, (lol!)
I'm saving my pennies....just want to know what to look for when I has enough!!
'Sweetheart' has hearts along her skirt and very fragrant.
'Allaquippa' is also lovely, turns to a rich apricot and sometimes blooms triples.
'Alyse' flowers are almost 3 times the size of her mother, 'Golden Lady'.
'Bambina' s a small flower double that stands straight out from the plant.
'White Lady' is similar to 'Tiara', but smaller.
'Ribbons' ..I don't know what she is!
'Tufted' is another odd one.
These are mine, except 'White Lady', which is an old one.
No one mentioned 'Gemini', either. That one is special.
Hey, now we're getting closer and closer to those double pink brugs aren't we, LOL we have yellows, Ididn't realize there were so many doubles available to us, and That I even had a few of them, Wow. Thanks for reminding me of what 's out there for us .
kathy