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ht: 25cm, dwarf
fc: white to ivory blushed pink and speckled in pink or red in the throat.
lu: very compatible color unlike some of the orange or red cultivars. It takes wet soils in the UK.
or: found on an Andean pass near Vergara in Chile by an English collector in the 70's.
eval: a truly distinct and useful cultivar.
prop: it is sometimes sold in seed form

ns: a listed name

fc: bright crimson red

fc: orange red (scarlet) with yellow spots

fc: buff or ivory?
ns: could be the same as 'Verity Buff'?
so: Special Plants

ha: shrubby, upright
fc: ivory or "chalky white"
fs: said to resemble snapdragons
fd: larger than species typical
so: Beeches Nursery

fc: wine red with tawny speckling, suggesting perhaps an ornate tapestry effect.
so: Special Plants

or: thought to be a David Verity hybrid.

fc: deep purple with white edges
so: Special Plants

or: thought to be a David Verity hybrid.

fc: golden orange
fd: 4.5cm wide - larger than most hybrids
or: Mike Tristam hybrid c. 1998
photo: Plants Magazine
so: Far Plants

fc: dark purplish-crimson

ht: 10 in.
fc: variable colors but most heavily spotted. We have seen a particular nice dark yellow with yellow spots
fc: and yellow picotee that is quite distinct.
fd: 1.0-15. in. wide
bt: bloom from seed in just 7-9 weeks.
so: Thompson Morgan

fc: bright orange red

ht: 36 in. - tall by modern hybrid standards.
fc: red with darkish brown-red throat

fc: dark red
fd: generally larger than species typical

ht: 36 in.
fc: pink - the species is typically red in gardens but can also have yellow in it.

fc: dark rose red
fd: larger than species typical

ns: a older dwarf variant, not seen much in the trade.

fc: scarlet with yellow mottled throat.
aw: RHS AM

fc: colorful shades
fd: larger than hybrid typical.

fc: bright flame red

fc: ivory blushed and speckled in pink
fq: floriferous.

lc: grey green with wide white margin. It is more white in spring and greener in summer.
fc: yellow mottled red
prop: comes partly true from seed
ns: one has to say this name very carefully orsomething offensive might come out!
photo: Plants Magazine
so: Beeches Nursery
so: Monksilver

fc: yellow
lc: mottled white
ns: 'Variegated' has been considered a synonym of 'Rich Bish' but we understand this is another clone.

ht: 10-12cm, mostly dwarf
fq: very floriferous
variants:

• 'Highland Fling' 10cm, orange or orange bicolor
• 'Highland Orange'
• 'Highland Pink'
• 'Highland Red'
• 'Highland Yellow'

ht: 40cm
ha: creeping, mounded
fc: yellow
ft: hose-in-hose type semi-double
so: Beeches Nursery

or: Joan Wilder, Old Manor House, Twyning UK

ha: low, spreading, sometimes dwarf.
fc: crimson red
ns: listed in the RHS Plant Finder 1999. We find no record of it in 2001 in online catalogs.

ha: upright, mounded
ft: tubular, some of them with frilled or undulate margins
variants:

• 'Jelly Bean Apricot' pink with orange center, undulate petal margins.
• 'Jelly Bean Yellow' pure yellow; Sabellico.com
• 'Jelly Bean White' white with golden center, no spots, nicely frilled

ns: listed name from the RHS Plant Finder 1999 but not since.

ht: 24 in.
fc: clean white

fc: bright fiery red
or: sport found at Daisy Hill Nurseries in N. Ireland.

fc: yellow mottled rust red

ns: a listed name without description.

ht: 12 in., dwarfish
fc: rich red with yellow spots

fc: bright yellow
lc: silver margined
so: Forest Farm

ht: 20cm, dwarf
fc: many bright and pastel colors, usually with clear faces
bt: earlier than older strains
variants:

• 'Magic Ivory' ivory white
• 'Magic Ivory Bicolor' ivory white with spots
• 'Magic Orange'
• 'Magic Pastel' collection of pastel shades including the ivory, peach, cream, yellow, and the 'Magic Ivory Bicolor'.
• 'Magic Red'

ns: a listed name possibly related to 'Bee's Scarlet'?

ht: 15 in.
ha: compact
eval: by one report the the 'Magic' strain is superior
variants:

• 'Malibu Ivory' ivory yellow with pink mottlings. Rather popular.
• 'Malibu Orange'
• 'Malibu Red'
• 'Malibu Yellow'

fc: bright mandarin orange
fq: floriferous

variants:

• 'Mystic Ivory'
• 'Mystic Scarlet'
• 'Mystic Orange'
• 'Mystic Wine'
• 'Mystic Yellow'

ha: dwarf
ls: glossy green
fc: bright orange to gold, red throat.

ht: 15-30cm
ha: creeping
fc: antique rose with yellow spots in throat.
so: Beeches Nursery

fc: orange red

fc: orange
ft: hose-in-hose type semi-double

ns: listed name from the UK.

ns: listed in the RHS Plant Finder 1996. We have no record of it in current catalogs or online sites.

ht: 15cm
fc: yellow with brown spots
fs: trumpet-shaped corolla

ha: dwarf
fc: numerous bright colors, depending on seedling. Most are well mottled or speckled.

fc: dusky maroon orange

ha: compact
fc: yellow with large red blotches but markings smaller than 'Viva' from photos we have obtained.
or: selected in Wales from the wild as a natural hybrid by A.T. Johnson about 1937.
ns: it was listed under M. guttatus for many years and appears under it in older references.

ht: 20cm
fc: red
ft: of the M. cupreus type corolla
ns: the original German name is preferred but it may be translated for commercial listings.
so: Thompson Morgan

ht: 20cm
fc: dark velvety brownish-red with a good yellow throat. It is about half of each color and very refined.
fc: rusty red spots appear.

fc: yellow splashed brown
fd: larger than hybrid typical
or: seems to be listed mostly by German firms.

ht: 35cm
lc: grey green margined creamy white
fc: light yellow mottled red
ns: it is not 'Rich Bish' which is always listed separately.
so: Beeches Nursery

fc: marked as with a tiger, usually in yellow and red shades.
ns: the name has no standing as a species.

fc: yellow with large dark red blotch on each petal and smaller spots in throat. One of the boldest patterns
fd: larger than most hybrids

ns: a listed name.

ht: 15cm
fc: velvety dark red
or: presumed to be the RHS Wisley Gardens.

ns: listed in the RHS Plant Finder 1997 and presumably a companion to 'Red Velvet' which is still sold.