Lots in bloom these days...
Part of the Greenhouse
Vintage Harvest 'Chardonnay' B/CSA, a cross of the formidable English breeder Chianti 'Chilton' x Golden Acres, with beautiful color.
Sunset 'Alpha' AM/RHS, a cross of Earl of Chester x Maudiae, winner of the George Moore Medal for best paph awarded by the RHS in 1937.
Hellas 'Westonbirt' FCC/AOS-RHS, B/CSA and GMM winner in 1942.
Manayunk 'April' AM/AOS, Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable' x Dakota 'Penn Valley', a red from the collection of W.W. Wilson with extraordinary petals (PW 6.4 cm) and great form.
Sioux 'Bluejay' HCC/AOS, from a remake of the original W.W. Wilson cross by the Tonkins using Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable' and Gigi 'Malibu' (rather than Gigi 'Bonsall').
Valerie Tonkin 'Quail' HCC/AOS, registered as Stefani Pitta 'Val' x Hellas 'Westonbirt' but this one from the F1 sibling strain, a grex originally registered in 1984 and still being awarded in 2011, PW 6.3 cm.
Bonita 'Jacqueline Smith' HCC/AOS-ODC, a cross of Great Mogul and Nancy Gamble, which despite great color and having been awarded in the late 1950s, has never made any offspring of note.
Lastly, a selected plant of Donna Hanes x (Vashon Sundance x Prime Time), which has never been registered and was made by Papa Aroha. This is a wonderful grex - this clone has flowered as the largest well-formed flower I own, topping out at nearly 16 cm NS and 6.8 cm PW. This year's flowering is not as good, but still a pretty flower showing good potential. I have another one, not quite as large but still nice form, which is pure gold. I really like this flower.
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Part of the Greenhouse
![vintageharvestchardonna.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/fec/fec6bccdf2e17fcf6f590c93f676ed5a.jpg)
Vintage Harvest 'Chardonnay' B/CSA, a cross of the formidable English breeder Chianti 'Chilton' x Golden Acres, with beautiful color.
![sunsetalpha.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/513/51376a00214cb24e6900c860af752292.jpg)
Sunset 'Alpha' AM/RHS, a cross of Earl of Chester x Maudiae, winner of the George Moore Medal for best paph awarded by the RHS in 1937.
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Hellas 'Westonbirt' FCC/AOS-RHS, B/CSA and GMM winner in 1942.
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Manayunk 'April' AM/AOS, Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable' x Dakota 'Penn Valley', a red from the collection of W.W. Wilson with extraordinary petals (PW 6.4 cm) and great form.
![siouxbluejay.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2bd/2bd4ce99efdb8e1e48c2a511b34c1a22.jpg)
Sioux 'Bluejay' HCC/AOS, from a remake of the original W.W. Wilson cross by the Tonkins using Winston Churchill 'Redoubtable' and Gigi 'Malibu' (rather than Gigi 'Bonsall').
![valtonkinquail.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/9e7/9e7c452fe26ace5a032746415e7b9914.jpg)
Valerie Tonkin 'Quail' HCC/AOS, registered as Stefani Pitta 'Val' x Hellas 'Westonbirt' but this one from the F1 sibling strain, a grex originally registered in 1984 and still being awarded in 2011, PW 6.3 cm.
![bonitajacquelinesmith.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/cd5/cd58ba992d171d0a33fbf98023faaca5.jpg)
Bonita 'Jacqueline Smith' HCC/AOS-ODC, a cross of Great Mogul and Nancy Gamble, which despite great color and having been awarded in the late 1950s, has never made any offspring of note.
![katesperidot.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/204/204142118d104f095d1724d5acd773bd.jpg)
Lastly, a selected plant of Donna Hanes x (Vashon Sundance x Prime Time), which has never been registered and was made by Papa Aroha. This is a wonderful grex - this clone has flowered as the largest well-formed flower I own, topping out at nearly 16 cm NS and 6.8 cm PW. This year's flowering is not as good, but still a pretty flower showing good potential. I have another one, not quite as large but still nice form, which is pure gold. I really like this flower.