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2023 Introductions

GLORY LAND

$5.00

(Nels Anderson 2023)  563 M

[NA 1135] (unknown)

A large size with great saturation of color, Glory Land is a light pinkish-rose with a cream throat. 

The 5 ½ inch florets are displayed formally, medium substance, with very good attachment.

29 inch flowerhead and 52 inch field height, 28 total buds, holding 9 open and 7 showing color.

Good medium stems and upright foliage.

A wonderful addition to the 500 class, Glory Land is a fitting example,

and a tribute to the work of the “late” Dr. Nels Anderson.

Large=$5 each

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LADY LIBERTY

$6.00

(Cliff Hartline 2023)  357 M

[CH 18-54] (Enchanted Brown x unknown)

Lady Liberty will be a welcome sentinel in your garden or part of patriotic floral designs.

A very ruffled deep red with a brownish cast and excellent substance.

Florets are 4 ¼ inch, round, highly ruffled, and heavy substance.

Formally placed florets are tightly attached, with 22 total buds, holding 8 open and 7 in color on 21 inch heads.

Large = $6 each

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MISCHIEVOUS

$6.00

(Cliff Hartline 2023)  233 M

[CH 17-36] (Boy O Boy x Shadow Dancer)

A riot of color. A light salmon with a wide light yellow throat splashed with a large, medium-rose veined blotch, and pale salmon on the top petal with yellow and rose markings. oofda!

The 22 bud heads can hold 10 round ruffled florets open with 6 in color.

The 3 inch florets are tightly attached and placed formally on 20-inch heads.

40 inch field height, with nice medium stems and foliage.

Very good propagator.

Large and Medium= $6 each

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ROSABELLE

$6.00

(Cliff Hartline 2023)  365  M

[CH 17-16] (Shadow Dancer x unknown seedling)

Sparkling medium rose with deep rose on lower petals and lips.

Florets are 3 ¾ inch, round, ruffled, and medium substance, and tightly attached.

Placed formally on 21 inch flowerheads.

19 total buds, holding 7 open and 6 in color.

48 inch field height, with nice medium stems and foliage.

Large=$6 each


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LAUGHING OUT LOUD AAS

$6.00

(John Meyer 2023)   425 M

[JM 265-13] (Pink Lace x Sacia Lynn)

A lusciously joyous, ruffled medium orange with a large mysterious purple blotch and a deep rose midrib, fills the room with laughter. Minnesota glad designers have been waiting for this beauty to reappear after getting a sampling of it at our State Glad Show in New Ulm, MN, a few years back. It takes a couple years to build up enough stock to enter it in the All America Select Trials and also have enough to introduce.

Congratulations! John Meyer!

Florets are 4 ¼ inch, round, ruffled, and medium substance.

Placed formally on 26 inch flowerheads. 24 total buds, holding 10 open and 6 in color.

52 inch field height, good medium stems and foliage.

Large = $6 each


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DORIS ANN

$5.00

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(Jim Green 2023) 371 M

[JG A-06-08] (Amitie x Irene's Green)

Lovely light lavender with a cream blotch that extends with a midrib spear.

Florets are 4 inch, round, waved, and medium substance.

Placed formally on 24 inch flowerheads. 22 total buds, holding 8 open and 6 in color.

48 inch field height, good medium stems and foliage.

Jim Green’s first introduced seedling! Congratulations!

Large= $5


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BEST FRIEND

$5.00 - $12.00

(John Meyer 2023)   335 M

[ JM 17-147] (unknown x JM 38-10)

Best Friend is a bright medium salmon, with a deep rose, medium brushed marking, on a cream throat.

Florets are round, waved, and medium substance.

Placed formally on 25 inch flower heads. 24 total buds, holding 8 open and 5 in color.

48 inch field height.

Large=$5 each

Unit = 1 Large 1 Medium 1 Small= $12

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DAINTY DELIGHT

$6.00 - $15.00

(John Meyer 2023)  135 EM

[JM 17-117] (Squire x Badger Kisses)

A medium pinkish salmon with a large cream center and cream midrib spears extending on the outer petals.

Florets are 2 ¼ inch, triangular, lightly waved, and medium substance.

Placed zig zag on 24 inch flower heads. 22 total buds, holding 8 open and 5 in color.

49 inch field height, slender stems and upright foliage.

Large = $6

Unit = 1 Large 1 Medium 1 Small= $15

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DANCE PARTNER

$6.00

(John Meyer 2023)   375 M

[JM 16-89] (Raspberry Swirl x open)

A beautiful informal cutflower, rosy medium lavender with a large white throat and midrib extending on the lower petals.

Florets are 4 ¼ inch, round, wide open, waved, and medium substance.

Placed informal on 23 inch flowerheads. 24 total buds, holding 7 open and 5 in color.

53 inch field height, good medium stems and foliage.

Large= $6 each


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DRAGON'S BREATH

$8.00

(John Meyer 2023)    279 M

[ JM 16-01] ({Lingerie x open} x open)

 A dangerously captivating burgundy overlaid with gold and brownish red, flames of lighter burgundy flash upwards from the roof of it's mouth, showing off the white hot anthers.

Florets are 3 ¼ inch, triangular, ruffled, and medium substance.

Placed formally on 22 inch flowerheads. 22 total buds, holding 8 open and 6 in color.

44 inch field height, good medium stems and foliage.

 

Unique color for sure!


Large and Mediums $8 each

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LITTLE SPARKIE

$5.00

(John Meyer 2023)    155 EM

[ JM B-1] (unknown-lost label)

If you like small and loud, Little Sparkie will catch your eye!

Vibrant medium red with thin white midrib line.

Florets are 2 inch, round and wide open, waved, and medium substance.

Placed formally on 22 inch flowerheads. 22 total buds, holding 8 open and 5 in color.

41 inch field height, nice slender stems and foliage.

Easy to fit into floral designs.

Large=$5 each


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MIDNIGHT MAJESTY

$5.00

(John Meyer 2023)    358 M

[ JM 188-100] (Ebony Beauty x open)

Midnight Majesty presents a regal color that everybody craves. The black red color has a rich velvety sheen, and each petal is enhanced with a thin white picotee edge. Much darker than the photo.

Florets are 3 1/2 inch, round, waved, and medium substance.

Placed formally on 23 inch flowerheads.

22 total buds, holding 8 open and 5 in color.

45 inch field height, nice medium stems and foliage.

Large and Medium=$5 each

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POTSDAM PIXIE

$5.00

(John Meyer 2023)    125 EM

[ JM 15-70] (Ewert 08-17A x open)

Amongst the hills and fields of Potsdam, in the secret places dwell the tiniest of creatures, the "glad one" calls Potsdam Pixie. Often showing up dressed in a lovely shade of fresh salmon orange. Her center, a glistening white with a large cherry rose bullseye blotch.

Florets are 2 ¼ inch, round, waved, and medium substance.

Placed informally on 23 inch flowerheads.

20 total buds, holding 8 open and 4 in color.

47 inch field height, with nice slender stems and foliage.

Large and Medium= $5 each


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POTSDAM PRINCESS

$5.00

(John Meyer 2023)    143 EM

[ JM 17-122] (Squire x Badger Kisses)

Potsdam Princess has tightly attached round florets held perfectly in zigzag fashion on arrow straight stems. She's a blushing light pink with a large creamy throat. A diffused deep pink blotch in the throat of each petal with multiple deep pink lines radiating further onto the petals.

Florets are 2 ¼ inch, round, waved, and medium substance.

Placed zig zag exhibition style, on 25 inch flowerheads.

24 total buds, holding 10 open and 4 in color.

52 inch field height, with nice slender stems and medium foliage.

Large and Medium=$5 each

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STRAWBERRY MALT

$6.00

(John Meyer 2023)    344 M

[ JM 16-14] (Farmer Boy x open)

 Few things satisfy like a creamy pink Strawberry Malt, on a hot summer day. The medium pink color is somewhat veined with creamy white.

Florets are 4 1/4 inch, round, ruffled, and medium substance.

Placed formally on 24 inch flowerheads.

24 total buds, holding 8 open and 6 in color.

53 inch field height, with nice medium stems and foliage.

Large=$6 each

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SWEETIE HEART

$5.00

(John Meyer 2023)    111 EM

[ JM 17-28] (Bling x Daddy's Girl)

Fall in Love with “Sweetie Heart.” A tiny cream glad with a

distinctive, light rosy-lavender aurora marking. Our description: Aurora, a marking predominantly seen in the

outer 1/3 areas of the petals, as if dancing like Aurora Borealis.

Florets are 2 1/4 inch, round, waved, and medium substance.

Placed zig zag exhibition style, on 24 inch flowerheads.

22 total buds, holding 8 open and 4 in color.

48 inch field height, with nice slender stems and foliage.

Large=$5 each


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