Athol

Athol.  Chow, Bernard.  Unregistered garden named seedling (Chow #I33).   Parentage: (Seidl #112 x Rosalind Elsie Franklin).  Advanced generation lutea hybrid.  Hybridized by Bernard Chow of Melbourne, Australia, through the use of Bill Seidl lineage lutea hybrids.  Bernard Chow does not register his plants, thus his introductions are not readily searchable online.  However, many are very good, and this is one we recommend. Semi-double to double light red to deep pink.  Flowers have good substance and are carried outward on somewhat long stems that lean slightly. A beautiful flower and reliable bloomer.    Athol is a low-growing plant in Wisconsin (3 feet) and makes a rounded shrub.  Fertile pollen, but seeds are difficult to date.  Very good. Ships in late September to mid-October.  AGE: Field-grown, 3+ year old graft or division from larger plants – our choice of available plant material upon harvest.