*GREAT  WHITE

*GREAT WHITE (Stamile,P.,1999) TET T-5365-B (Glacier Bay X (Papillon x Tetra Barbara Mitchell)  28” EMRe. Ev. fr. EMO. ext.  6 1/4”  x 3 1/2” x 2 1/4”.  5 - 6 way branching.      30 - 35  buds.  Why would I call this ivory cream GREAT WHITE?   It’s not my whitest - that honor would go to WHITE PERFECTION or WHITE CRINOLINE.  It’s not my largest white - that honor would go to MAL.  It’s not my widest white - that honor would go to NORDIC MIST, and it’s not my best branched white - that honor would go to KNIGHTS IN WHITE  SATIN. No…GREAT WHITE gets its name because overall it has the greatest concentration of desirable characteristics.  First, the plant is large and husky and has excellent proportion with outstanding scape to foliage balance. Well branched scapes carry up to 35 buds without ever crowding the very large 6¼” flowers. The flowers are large, wide, full and flat with edges deeply ruffled and gathered in gold.  Of all my whites it was GREAT WHITE I took into my pinks.  GREAT WHITE crossed into the pinks helped clarify even the best of the pinks.  Moreover, on pinks with a wire gold edge it produced outstanding gold edged pinks.  As a white breeder GREAT WHITE has been superb for getting outstanding plant habits into my whites.  More than a great white, this is destined to be a great daylily.  Easily fertile both ways……………………..$100.00