HARDY VARIETIES

NOTES :   This section is devoted to varieties that will withstand winter conditions outside, but it must be added that care should be taken in planting them out in sheltered conditions. It is also advisable to cover the crowns with peat or bracken to protect them in winter.


ABBREVIATIONS  :    D - Double,   S/D - Semi-double,   Sgl - Single,  
   T - Tube,   S - Sepals, C - Corolla.

ACHIEVEMENT

Sgl.  T & S, carmine. C, magenta. Upright habit.

ADMIRATION

Sgl.  T & S, bright red. C, indian lake. Long medium blooms. Lax bush.

ALICE HOFFMAN

S/D.  T & S, rose. C, white. Small flowers but profuse. Small foliage of bronze green colour. Upright compact bush. Dwarf, 1.5 - 2.0 Ft.

AMERICANA ELEGANS

Sgl.  T & S, red. C, purple. Small flowers but very free. Upright and bushy. A good hedge, 3 - 4 Ft.

A. M. LARWICK

Sgl.  T & S, rich carmine. C, purplish-mauve. Upright and bushy. Flowers free and of medium size.

ARMY NURSE

S/D.  T & S, deep carmine. C, bluish violet flushed pink at base. Flowers small but profuse. Upright and bushy.

BEACON

Sgl.  T & S, deep pink. C, bright mauvish pink. Medium flowers, very free. Upright and bushy.

BEAUTY OF CLIFF HALL

Sgl.  T & S, white tinged pink. C, pink. Flowers small and free.

BLUE BUSH

Sgl.  T & S, rose red. C, bluebird blue maturing and paling to bishops violet. Medium sized blooms. Very hardy and suitable for hedging.

BLUE GOWN

D.  T & S, scarlet.  C, blue changing to purple, splashed carmine and pink.

BRILLIANT

Sgl.  T & S, scarlet. C, violet-magenta. Medium sized blooms. Upright bush.

BRUTUS

Sgl.  T & S, rich cerise. C, rich dark purple. Medium sized blooms. Very profuse and early. Upright and vigorous bush.

CALEDONIA

Sgl.  T & S, cerise. C, crimson. Medium blooms. Very free flowering. Makes a good low hedge up to 2 Ft.

CARMEN

S/D.  T & S, cerise. C, purple. Smallish blooms but profuse. Dwarf upright habit 1.5Ft.

CHARMING

Sgl.  T & S, carmine. C, rosy purple, cerise at base. Medium sized blooms. Upright and bushy.

CHECKERBOARD

Sgl.  T & S, red to white. C, red but deeper than the tube, white at base. Flowers long and of medium size. Profuse bloomer. Upright and vigorous.

CHILLERTON BEAUTY

Sgl.  T & S, pale pink tipped green. C, purple veined pink. Small blooms but profuse. Upright and bushy.

CHINA LANTERN

Sgl.  T & S, deep pink to white. C, rosy pink, white at base. Medium sized blooms and free flowering. Upright and bushy.

C. J. HOWLETT

Sgl.  T & S, reddish pink. C, bluish-carmine, pink at base. Smallish flowers but freely produced. Upright and bushy.

CONSPICUA

Sgl.  T & S, bright scarlet. C, milky white, slightly veined scarlet. Small flowers but profuse. Upright and bushy.

CONSTANCE

D.  T & S, soft pink. C, bluish-mauve, tinted pink. Medium sized blooms, very free. Upright and bushy.

CORALLINA

Sgl.  T & S, scarlet. C, rich purple. Medium sized blooms and free. Lax spreading bush, very vigorous. Suitable as a hedge up to 3 Ft.

CURLY Q

Sgl.  T & S, pale carmine. C, violet-purple. Small blooms. Grey-green foliage. Lax bush.

DANIAL LAMBERT

Sgl.  T & S, cerise. C, magenta. Upright and bushy.##

DECUSSATA

Sgl.  T & S, red with faint green tips. C, reddish-purple. Upright and spreading bush.

DELTA'S SARAH

DISPLAY

Sgl.  T & S, rose pink. C, deeper rose-pink. Saucer-shaped, medium sized blooms. Upright and self-branching.

DOLLAR PRINCESS

D.  T & S, cerise. C, rich purple. Early flowers, medium and very free. Upright habit.

DOROTHY

Sgl.  T & S, bright crimson. C, violet veined red. Medium blooms and free. Upright habit. Suitable for a hedge up to 3 Ft.

DRAME

Sgl.  T & S, scarlet. C, deep purple. Upright & bushy. Low hedge up to 2 Ft.

EVA BOERG

S/D.  T & S, pinkish white tipped green. C, pinkish-purple, paling at base and splashed pink. Medium sized blooms. Lax low bush, up to 2 Ft.

FLASH

Sgl.  T & S, light red. C, light magenta red. Small blooms but prolific.

FLASHLIGHT

Sgl.  T & S, pale pink. C, pale rose. Flowers are small, very free. Dwarf bush up to 1Ft.

FLORENCE TURNER

Sgl.  T & S, pink to white. C, pale pinkish purple. Flowers medium and free.  Upright and bushy. Up to 2.5 Ft.

FRUHLING

D.  T & S, cerise. C, bluish-purple. Upright and bushy.

GENERAL MONK

D.  T & S, rose. C, blue fading to to mauvish blue. Medium blooms. Very free flowering. Upright habit.

GENII

Sgl.  T & S, cerise. C, rich violet. Small flowers but profuse. Small light yellowish foliage with red stems. Upright and bushy. Up to 2.5 Ft.

GOLONDRINA

Sgl.  T & S, rose madder. C, magenta, streaked light pink. Large flowers and free. Upright spreading habit.

GRACILIS VARIEGATA

Sgl.   T & S,  red.  C,  purple.   Silvery  white  foliage.   Upright habit. Low hedge up to 2.5 Ft.

GRACILIS VERSICOLOUR

Sgl.  T & S, red. C, purple. Silvery grey foliage. Heaight up to 2.5 Ft.

GRAF WITTE

Sgl.  T & S, carmine. C, purple shaded rosy-mauve. Flowers small and profuse. Upright spreading bush. Foliage yellowish green.

HANS NIELSEN

Sgl.  Turkey red self. Similar to Rufus. Upright and bushy.

HAWKSHEAD

Sgl.  T & S, white, C, white. Very tiny flowers but profuse.  Up to 4 Ft high.

HERALD

Sgl.  T & S, scarlet. C, deep purple. Medium blooms. Upright and bushy.

HERON

Sgl.  T & S, deep scarlet. C, bluish-magenta veined scarlet. Largish blooms and free. Upright and bushy.

HOWLETTS HARDY

Sgl.  T & S,  scarlet. C, violet purple veined scarlet. Flowers large and free. Upright and bushy. Up to 2.5 Ft.

JOAN COOPER

Sgl.  T & S, pale rose tipped green. C, cherry red. Smallish blooms and profuse. Upright and bushy.

LADY BOOTHBY

Sgl.  T & S, crimson. C, blackish-purple, veined cerise. Flowers small but free. Very vigorous upright habit. Suitable hedging up to 4 Ft. Also makes a good greenhouse climber.

LADY THUMB

Sgl.  T & S, carmine. C, white, slightly veined carmine. 

LENA

S.D.  T & S, flesh pink. C, rosy purple. Medium blooms, very free. Upright habit.

LIEBRIEZ

Sgl.  T & S, pale pink. C, pinkish white veined pink. Small profuse blooms. Upright and bushy.

MADAME CORNELISSEN

S/D.  T & S, rich scarlet. C, white veined cerise. Smallish flowers but very free. Strong upright bush. Suitable as a hedge up to 3 Ft.

MAGELLANICA ALBA

Sgl.  T & S, white. C, white flushed lilac. Very small blooms but prolific.Vigorous upright habit. Makes a good hedge up to 4 Ft.

MAGELLANICA AUREA

Sgl.  T & S, scarlet. C, purple. Small blooms. Yellowish foliage.

MAGELLANICA GRACILIS

Sgl.  T & S, red. C, purple. Strong vigorous growth. Suitable as a hedge. Small blooms.

MARGARET

S/D.  T & S, carmine scarlet. C, violet veined cerise. Medium sized blooms. Upright and bushy. Suitable as hedging up to 4 Ft.

MARGARET BROWN

Sgl.  T & S, deep pink. C, pink veined rose pink. Small blooms but free. Upright and bushy. Up to 2 - 3 Ft.

MARGARET ROE

Sgl.  T & S, rosy-red. C, pale violet purple. Medium sized blooms. Very free and held upright. Growth upright and bushy.

MR. A. HUGGET

Sgl.  T & S, cerise. C, mauve pink, edged lilac magenta. Smallish flowers but free. Upright and bushy. Up to 2 Ft.

MRS. POPPLE

Sgl.  T & S, cerise red. C, purple veined cerise, light cerise in the centre. Medium flowers and free. Upright and vigorous bush. Makes a good hedge up to 3 - 4 Ft.

NEUE WELT

Sgl.  T & S, rich red. C, dark palma violet. Small flowers and free. Upright habit up to 2.5 Ft.

NICOLA JANE

D.  T & S, cerise tipped green. C, pale pink flushed and veined cerise. Medium blooms and free. Upright and bushy.

PAPOOSE

Sgl.  T & S, bright red. C, very dark purple. Small flowers but prolific. Low bush. Height up to 2 Ft.

PATRICIA

Sgl.  T & S, waxy salmon. C, rosy cerise. Small blooms and free. Upright. 

PEE WEE ROSE

S/D.  T & S, red. C, pale rose. Small flowers but profuse. Lax upright. 

PHYLISS

S/D.  T & S, rose. C, deep rose. Medium blooms and free. Up to 3 Ft.

PRESIDENT 

Sgl.  T & S, bright red. C, reddish cerise, scarlet at base. 

PRODIGY

Sgl.  T & S, scarlet. C, violet. Upright and bushy.

PROSPERITY

Large D.  T & S, waxy scarlet. C, pale neyron rose flushed and veined rose red. Strong upright growth.

PUMILLA

Sgl.  T & S, crimson. C, dark purple. Tiny flowers but profuse. Natural dwarf suitable for a rockery.

RICARTONII

Sgl.  T & S, scarlet. C, purple. Small bloms. Upright and bushy. Suitable as a hedge 3 - 4 Ft.

ROSE OF CASTILLE IMPROVED

Sgl.  T & S, flesh pink tipped green. C, violet veined deep pink ageing to reddish purple. Medium blooms. Upright bush.

SCHNEEWITCHEN

Sgl.  T & S, deep pink. C, purplish pink. Upright and bushy.

SHARPITOR

Sgl.  T & S, pale pinkish white.  C, slightly deeper pink.

SNOWCAP

S/D.  T & S, bright red. C, white lightly veined cerise. Medium blooms and free. Upright and bushy.

SON OF THUMB

Sgl.  T & S, cerise. C, lilac. Prolific bush. Dwarf habit.

TENESSEE WALTZ

S/D.  T & S, rose madder. C, lilac lavender. Medium blooms. Upright.

THE TARNS

Sgl.  T & S, pale pink. C, violet to rose. Medium flowers. Upright and bushy. Up to 2.5 Ft.

THOMSONII

Sgl.  T & S, bright scarlet. C, purple. Small profuse blooms. Makes a good hedge up to 4 Ft.

TOM THUMB

Sgl.  T & S, carmine. C, mauve, veined carmine. Small blooms but prolific. Dwarf compact habit. 

TRASE

S/D.  T & S, carmine. C, white veined and flushed carmine. Medium blooms and free. Upright bush. Up to 2 Ft.

WHITE PIXIE

Sgl.  T & S, carmine. C, white veined pink. Smallish blooms, very free. Yellowish-green foliage with crimson veins. Makes a good hedge up to 3 Ft.