Summer Spice

#258 White, large orange-yellow center, dark pink outer band fading to pink front and back, elliptical petals upturned inner edge and slight twist, pointed tips, slight overlapping, heavy texture, 3½”, strong spice scent, keeping quality excellent. 3 1/2" pink with spicy fragrance, good bloomer, and excellent staying power. Pink blooms, elliptical, slightly overlapped and pointed tips 3.5”. Dark pink inner edge, blending to light pink and white with upturned inner edges, large yellow center and dark pink band backs of petals. Strong spicy fragrance. Keeping quality is good with average tendency to fade. Medium grower. Branching is average. Elliptical dark green leaves with red edges have acute tips. Good bloomer. Recommended for fragrance. Barbara Randolph: I found what is now registered as Summer Spice during my early years of trips to HI. Found it in 1989 but not sure what island. Those were the days when all our named and registered cultivars were pretty much unknown. Anyway, I considered it worthy of registration Summer 2002 because it was different from what was already registered and the scent was amazing. It's such a heavy bloomer on a mature tree and the heads can be 8" in diameter and it has a heavy texture. PSA officially registered it in 2002. Even though I've downsized my collection over the past 40 years, SS still remains as one of my favorites, even with all the new varieties available worldwide. Seed parent to Heirloom. Sets seed.