CASTELSARDO

Pale mauve wine-coloured standards and rosé-wine falls, lighter than the standards and almost horizontal. Orange-red beards. Firm-bodied flowers slightly waved and free-flowering (8 to 9 buds per stem). Superb branching. Unusual colour between rosé and Bordeaux, very attractive!

A child of the excellent "Dusky Challenger". It is a rich navy blue (almost exempt from violet). Vigorous grower and often three flowers blooming at the same time. Medium blue beards. RHS Award of Garden Merit in 2000.

Bright golden yellow with red-brown veins on falls. Orange beards. Nice shape and warm contrast.

Clear blue-violet standards, deeper at midribs ; very pale blue falls ageing to white. Very light blue beards tipped orange. Vigorous growth.

Remarkable and luminous offspring of 'First Interstate'. Cadmium yellow standards and white falls with a large border of the same yellow (2 cm). Gold beards shouldered with cadmium yellow. In addition to its beauty, 'Happy Again' boasts a lot of exuberantly ruffled flowers: 9 to 12 per stalk.

A new and attractive Plicata: Standards of a soft brown and falls with a cream-yellow background bordered in claret red. Beards are caramel brown. Well shaped flowers, ideal branching comparable to that of its mother, 'Clownerie. Strong substance. In short: a classy addition to this category! (Cayeux seedling 10 98 A)