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Defender

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Cultivar
Defender
Originator
Saunders
Group
Herbaceous Hybrid
Date
1929
Country
USA, NY

sinensis x officinalis. Stature and habit similar to Corinth. Flowers dark mahogany crimson, single, cup-shaped, with a large mass of silky stamens. Season of late officinalis into early sinensis. This variety comes nearly a week later than Corinth.

Reference: 1929-037:53