Cavatina


Originally named Felicity. ‘Cavatina’ flowers are a glowing cherry pink and are held well above the foliage on generally straight stems. If you can find this cultivar, you will enjoy it in your garden.

Cultivar: | Cavatina |
Year: | 1935 |
Seedling No: | 4306. Page 114 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
Parentage: | 10A: officinalis Rosea Plena X lactiflora ‘Germaine Bigot’ |
Flower: | Color: | cherry pink |
Form: | single, two rows of petals, rather cup0shaped | |
Blooms: | Week 4 | |
Carpels: | usually 4, green | |
Stigmas: | dark cherry pink | |
Disc: | white, edged pink | |
Stamens: | filaments light yellow | |
Plant: | Habit: | upright |
Foliage color: | deep green | |
Foliage form: | pointed leaves, few lobed | |
Height: | tall; 37″ in 2021 | |
Recommendation: | Recommended |
Availability: | Rare; mine came from a now-closed nursery |
