■(TB) 'Colorado Bonanza'
1996, Magee
'Bonanza' (
Tom Magee, R. 1993). Seedling# 8445. TB, 43" (109 cm), Early bloom. Ruffled silver infused gold; style arms silver, veined gold; beards silver, gold at end and in throat; slight sweet fragrance. Seedling# 8017: (seedling# 7734: (
'Colorado Sunshine' x
'White Lightning') x
'Wedding Cake' sibling) X
'New Tomorrow'. Long 1996.
Honorable Mention 2000.
See below:
References:
From AIS Bulletin #301 April 1996 Introducing COLORADO BONANZA (Tom Magee) TB 43" E. After Pikes Peak Bust, starting in 1859, rich finds of silver and gold in Gregory Gulch to Central City, then Idaho Springs, Silver Plume, Keystone, Breckenridge, Aspen, Fairplay, Cripple Creek, Crested Butte, Silverton, Telluride ... into the Denver Mint and onto the capitol dome! Large, ruffled, blocky silver iris, gold beards & hafts, and gold infusing the standards and falls. EC 1991 & 1993, HC 1993 (7734: (Colorado Sunshine X White Lightning) X Wedding Cake sib) X New Tomorrow. See color add on page 59. $30.00. Long's Gardens. |
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