Mary Beth’s Keepsake

Description

Mary Beth’s Keepsake (Korth-P., – Korth-L.; 2025)

32”, 6.0”, M, Dor., 5 branches, 27 buds, Tetraploid,

Benjamin Andrew x (seedling x Sign of Jonah)

Light rose petals with large yellow to green throat, and large gold edge.

Mary Beth’s Keepsake has been an outstanding garden plant with excellent scapes and consistently beautiful flowers.  The large edge comes from our great flower – Benjamin Andrew.  The pastel color provides a bright show with the large yellow to green throat glowing in the garden.

While pastels are not a hybridizing focus for us, we have used Mary Beth’s Keepsake as a pod parent with good success.  We will see a good crop of seedlings in 2027 and we expect some excellent pastels with large watermarks.

Our friend Mary Beth Giacalone selected the flower and name.  It will be a great plant in her garden and in any garden where it is planted.  It has rebloomed here and is a welcome addition to the late summer garden.  Mary  Beth’s  Keepsake  is  a  little slow to increase – as a result, we are selling it as a large single fan with limited stock.

Mary Beth’s Keepsake

Mary Beth’s Keepsake