Introduced: 1941 |
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In the introduction year, A.B. Stout described it as:
" This plant is rated as the best of the present selections for small yellow flowers in a plant of rather tall stature and a long period of flowering. The precise shade of coloring is very nearly lemon chrome (Ridgeway) with a slight change toward green in the base of the throat. There is some brownish red on the flower buds which persists on the sepals of the opened flowers. Many of the flowers have a spread of only 1 to 1.5 inches, and seldom have flowers measured 2 inches. They are full and spreading, and normally open about dusk and continue widely open and in good condition throughout the following day until sunset or even after dark, depending on the weather. On many days there are two sets of flowers open for a time in the evening. The scapes are much branched and slender, but stiffly upstanding to a height of 40 inches. The period of bloom for well developed plants at the New York Botanical Garden has continued from mid- June until in August. In the group of ramets of this clone in the propagations at the Farr Nursery the flowering has continued throughout August and on into early September. The foliage is dormant in winter and the plant is fully hardy. "
( cited from: Journal of the New York Botanical Garden, 1941, vol. 42, p. 10-17 )