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Amazing Light

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Cultivar
Amazing Light
Originator
Swenson Gardens
Group
Herbaceous Hybrid
Date
2023
Country
USA, MN

Seedling number 113-9. Parentage: ‘Majesty’s Light’ x Seedling SG16. First bloomed 2017, first propagated 2017. Midseason blooming SEMI-DOUBLE flowers are yellow, 16.5cm (6.5″) in diameter, upward facing, and average one per stem with an occasional sidebud. Guard petals are cupped, rounded, notched, and are typically 7cm (2.75″) in width. Fragrance noted. Flowers possess, on average, four tomentose, light-green carpels with pink stigmas of normal anatomy. Stamens are less than 1.25cm (0.5″) long, with uniformly pale-yellow filaments. Staminodes are also present, linear and oblanceolate in structure, and identical in color to the outer petallage. Produces pollen, though seed fertility has not been noted. Disc is obscure. Plants reach 76cm (30″) at maturity, and carry broad-pointed, green foliage. Growth habit is upright, and mechanical support is unnecessary.

Reference: 2023-DIR:XX