Bear’s Cage (Ashton Lopp 2021) Diploid, 5” 28” 3 way branching with at least 15 buds. Midsession, Dormant, Rose pink with mulberry purple eye surrounded by a black pencil mark, and green throat extended onto sepals. Parentage: (Cat Dancer X Fluid Dynamics) X Texas Kaleidoscope Pollen fertile Picture taken in the early morning light

Bear’s Cage kind of follows a naming theme for me, in weather terminology the “bear’s cage” is where there are rotating rain curtains in a severe thunderstorm, where a possible tornado will form.

Bear’s Cage

Chips and Salsa (Terry Lopp) 2021 Diploid 5” 30” 3 way branching 20 buds. Mid, Dormant. Yellow gold with wine eye and lighter highlights, gold midribs, and wine streaks on sepals. Parentage: Galaxy Explosion X (Nikki Schmith X Blue Oasis)

Chips and Salsa

Chips and Salsa showing the smoky red eye

Grace’s Legacy (Terry Lopp) 2021 Diploid, 6” 36” M DOR - 3 way branching 20 buds Crimson with large green throat. Fertile both ways

Put My Picture on the Cover (Terry Lopp) 2021 Diploid - 5.5” 34” 4 way branching 20+ buds per scape. Midseason, Dormant. Mauve ruffled with multi color eye with shades of purple, blue, and grey outlined with wine pencil mark and extended on the sepals. The most photographed flower in our garden in 2020. Fertile both ways

Put My Picture on the Cover. All pictures are taken with an iPhone with no editing other than cropping.

Put My Picture on the Cover

PMPOTC on a rainy morning

PMPOTC showing scape on a newly lined out double fan.

What Little Girls Are Made of (Terry Lopp) 2021 Diploid, 5” 36” 3 way branching 18 buds, Late to very late, dormant. Pink with powder blue highlights and cream orange pink eye, green throat with white midribs. Parentage: Seedling X Texas Kaleidoscope. Fertile both ways