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Marmalade Skies™ |
Everyone smiles as they drift past the flowers known as Marmalade
Skies. An amazing and ever present show of color will make you think you must be dreaming,
but Marmalade Skies is for real. This compact blooming machine makes the perfect hedge or
a dependable producer in the cutting garden, bearing an entire bouquet on each stem.
Class: Floribunda
Habit: The compact, round bushy plant grows to 3 feet by 3 feet.
Color: Brilliant tangerine orange blooms engulf Marmalade Skies from
beginning to end of the blooming season. Healthy, medium olive green satiny foliage
provides the perfect backdrop for the constant show of color.
Bloom: Marmalade Skies produces clusters of 5 to 8 blooms on each strong
stem. Oblong buds open to reveal 2½ -to-3-inch double blooms with 17 to 25 petals.
Hybridizer: The famed French House of Meilland hybridized Marmalade
Skies.
Parentage: A combination of Tamango, Parador and Patricia.
Introducer: Marmalade Skies is introduced in the United States by the Conard-Pyle Company.
Availability: Marmalade Skies will be available through mail order
catalogs and at garden centers, nurseries, home centers and mass merchandisers in time for
the 2001 planting season.
Marmalade Skies™ is a trademark of The Conard-Pyle Company.
Photo and text: AARS