CLEVER ENDINGS (Davisson-J 2016)

Tall, stately 43 inch scapes have 5 and 6 way branching with 66 to 71 buds (!) for a long, long late show. My best bud count to date. One of the very last to bloom in my zone 7 garden blooming throughout September and into October. 8 1/2" crispate blooms are a pretty medium shade of apricot orange with red orange veining and a slightly darker orange eye zone with sepals that playfully twist, turn, and curl. Blooms open perfectly without crowding despite the high bud count. Fragrant and easily fertile both ways. A hardy, semi-evergreen from BACKSEAT DEBUTANTE x UNKNOWN. Tetraploid.