Amadeus, Amadeus!

Many months after White Flower Farm offered some new and unknown cultivars in their 2015 catalog, at least one pair of these can be properly entered into our Double Flowered photo library. Checking the KAVB registry earlier this year revealed the entry of ‘Striped Amadeus’ in April, but it wasn’t until June that its two brethren showed up. Now, N.L. van Geest has made the Amadeus trio official. ‘Amadeus Candy’ was offered as ‘Candy Amadeus’, and ‘Giant Amadeus’ got an apparent upgrade after being sold merely as ‘Big Amadeus’. Somewhat confusingly, the van Geest website lists ‘Amadeus Candy’ simply as ‘Amadeus’. If that variety becomes commercially marketed by that name next year, we may drop the ‘candy’ off of the name in the galleries…but we will stick with the official registry for the moment. Now that the names are straightened out, and stock photos are showing their beaming faces, we can rightfully expect ‘Striped Amadeus’ to be offered alongside the other two this coming season. If these big, well postured doubles hit the right notes with the public, we may see more additions to the ‘Amadeus’ clan in the future.