Cultivar Name: Stellar Princess
Seedling Number: BHISP 8
Bloom Diameter: 5”
Scape Height: 29”
Branches: 3
Bud Count: 13
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom: Yes
Color/Description: Petals medium purple with lighter bluish-purple petal edges and white midribs. Big darker purple eye above huge, star-shaped glowing orange to cream throat.
Ploidy: Dip
Bloom Habit: Diurnal
Foliage: Dorm
Fragrance: UNK
Pod Parent: Black Hole Implosion
Pollen Parent: Substantial Princess
Year Bred: 2015
Rust Resistance: A+/1 year
Fertile: Both ways
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Comments: Stellar Princess is a star! I had a hunch this combination could create a beautiful outcome. Both parents are extremely rust resistant, both have eyes or bands and both are vigorous growers. I was so pleased with this seedling from the cross. There were a lot of interesting seedlings in that seed batch, but the one that became Stellar Princess was always the star. And it is the star that makes this one a winner! The stellar pattern created by the throat and eye pattern is eye-catching and consistent, and visible from a distance.
The plant went through the last year of my 5-year rust resistance screening program, scoring A+ that year, which incidentally was the year before I saw it on first flower. Most of the seedlings in this cross showed high rust resistance, and almost none showed strong susceptibility, while a sizable percentage showed extremely high resistance. Amongst the later group was the seedling that became Stellar Princess.
The plant is strong growing, vigorous and blooms starting midseason and can rebloom into late season in my garden. The plant is fertile. The buds are very pale, making a striking contrast with the dark flowers. The color of the flowers is a true grape purple with a darker eye. On some days there can be a considerable bluish cast to the flowers, and on hot, sunny days the flowers often fade on the edges to reveal a very bluish-lavender under-coloring. The flowers hold up well and have good substance. The color is hard to photograph, at least for me, as all purples seem to be. Photos always look too reddish or too bluish depending on the lighting levels. I have taken tons of pictures and spent a lot of time picking those that I think are most properly representative of the flower in person.
I think Stellar Princess will be a good breeder, both for rust resistance and for interesting flowers, especially if you are after the star-shaped throat/eye effect. It is a great garden plant with very eye-catching flowers that call you from across the garden.
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