■(TB) 'Happy Meeting'
1955, Lyon
'Happy Meeting' (
David Lyon, R. 1953). Seedling# D493-51-19. TB, 36" (91 cm), Late midseason bloom. Color Class-W2, Plicata, ivory-white with soft-lilac border markings; falls white, bordered same as Standards.
'Lovelace' X
'New Hope'. Lyon 1955. High Commendation 1953 under Seedling #D-493-51-19. Honorable Mention 1955.
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From M. Oliver Flower Farms catalog, 1958: HAPPY MEETING (D. Lyon '55) L-M 36" A highly ruffled plicata of heavy substance and attractive color. The falls are white-white with a margin of deep violet purple. The beard is blue tipped. The standards are so heavily sprayed with a lighter violet purple that only an area around the mid ribs shows the ground color. H. M. '55. $12.00. |
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