So here are just a few of many, many pink or red eyed look-alikes that are good matches for gardens that grow semi- and evergreens. Comments are welcome on any you have experience with, and thanks! Looking for info on:
Blooming: Bud count, early/mid/late in your garden, length of time blooming.
Increase: slow/medium/fast, stays in clump or travels around.
Color: sunfast (melting), colorfast (fading), saturation (depth of color), aesthetics (clear or pleasing color), etc.
Scape: straight, bendy, stiff, flexible, holds buds high/medium/low.
Fertility: any luck?
****You can see the happy problem ... there are a bounty of near look-alikes out there to hybridize with, and not _that_ much space in my garden to observe them and narrow down the attributes I'd desire (and no info from their registrations). I know that these may be less commonly kept, so fewer people may know their secrets. For that reason, any info is much appreciated!
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