'Garnet Royal' (('Vittata Fortunei' X 'Warai Gishi'
) X 'Pluto ): moderate purplish red, toning to grayish red, base lighter,
double, 16 to 20 petals, 11/4 to 13/4"; early; 4' in 10 years.
Ben Morrison grew this plant under the number: 166-49-8
Ben Morrison's registration description:
(Vittata Fortunei X Warai Gishi ) X 'Pluto; evergreen;
10-year-old plant four feet tall and broad; flowers double,
1 1/4 to 13/8 inches diameter, 16 to 20 petals, Pomegranate Purple (Ridgeway)
closing to Acajou Red (Ridgeway), bases of petals lighter,
carriers in garden effects as Bordeaux (Ridgeway); the
darkest in this series of early flowering doubles.
B. Harding
Slide by Ivan Anderson
