■(SDB) 'Skimbleshanks'

2009, Black

'Skimbleshanks' (Paul Black, R. 2009). Seedling# O285A. SDB, 14"; (36 cm), Early midseason bloom. Standards dark beetroot, minimal butter plicata ground beside midrib; style arms butter, medium magenta midrib, beetroot crest; falls butter cream, heavy medium-dark beetroot plicata veins and sanding over haft becoming 3/4" medium beetroot plicata band on lower half of petal; beards white tipped greyed orange; ruffled; slight spicy fragrance. 'Frenetic' X seedling# M250B: (seedling# J392A: (seedling# F240A, pollen parent of 'Subtle', x 'Minidragon') x 'Dynamic'). Mid-America 2009.

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From Mid-America Garden catalog, 2009: SKIMBLESHANKS (Black 09) SDB Midseason-Late 15” (38cm). Here's another cutie to add to your cast of 'Cats'. Skimbleshanks, the railway cat, is in charge of getting your mail to you. Ruffled, dark beetroot standards show a touch of cream plicata ground along midribs. Round, pale cream yellow falls have half inch beetroot plicata bands, widening to encompass hafts. Picture doesn't do it justice. Sdlg. O285A: Frenetic X Black M250B: ((pollen parent of Subtle x Minidragon) x Dynamic). $18.00.

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