*Topguns Indian Blanket
(6114) Dormant, Tet., 6.00 inch flower, 5 branches, 30 buds, aprox. 29
inch scape, Mid-late bloomer, and a strong propensity to rebloom here
in northern growing zone 7. Topguns Indian Blanket has been a
favorite of mine since I first saw it bloom. There are a lot of
different colors in Topguns Indian Blanket. The base color is a wine
red, or maybe a rose red, with much darker veins. But along with that,
as you move outward on the petals, the color lightens to almost pink
with the edge being a very light pink to near white on both the petals
and sepals. Then there is a very distinctive white mid-rib in the
petals. Topguns Indian Blanket also has a green throat. All of these
colors remind me of the blankets I have seen in American Indian trading
Posts, so that is how the flower got it’s name. It is a very
pretty flower that just seems to keep blooming over a very long time.
(2011)
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