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■(TB) 'Lightning Bug'

1987, Durrance

'Lightning Bug' (John Durrance, R. 1986). Seedling# 82-25. TB, 34" (86 cm), Midseason to late bloom. Laced luminous soft yellow with white glow emanating from yellow beard. 'Dream Affair' X 'New Moon'. Long's Gardens 1987.

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From AIS Bulletin #265 April 1987 Introducing LIGHTNING BUG (John Durrance) TB 34" ML Sdlg. 082-25. Luminous soft yellow self with white glow emanating from yellow beard. Large rounded petals, overlapping hafts and lacy edges. This firefly will shine. Dream Affair X New Moon. $25.00. Long's Gardens.
 


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-- Main.RPries - 2011-03-07
I Attachment Action Size Date Who Comment
Lightning-BugCT.jpgjpg Lightning-BugCT.jpg manage 50 K 30 Oct 2011 - 20:22 Main.Betsy881 Photo by C & T Iris Patch
LightningBug1.jpgjpg LightningBug1.jpg manage 48 K 25 Apr 2016 - 22:36 Main.TLaurin Photo by South Jersey Iris
LightningBugBJI.jpgjpg LightningBugBJI.jpg manage 45 K 23 Mar 2012 - 14:00 Main.Betsy881 Photo by Blue J Iris
lightningbug02.JPGJPG lightningbug02.JPG manage 79 K 02 Jul 2014 - 15:34 Main.TLaurin Photo scanned from the Bee Warburton slide collection
lightningbug03.JPGJPG lightningbug03.JPG manage 89 K 02 Jul 2014 - 15:35 Main.TLaurin Photo scanned from the Bee Warburton slide collection
Topic revision: r10 - 31 Mar 2022, TLaurin
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