Candy Counter

Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris
Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris
Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris
Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

ORIGINATOR: Chet Tompkins

INTRODUCED: 1967

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 38"

BLOOM SEASON: Mid to Very Late

DESCRIPTION: Wintergreen pink self; creamy pink undertone; amber edge; red beard.

PARENTAGE: (Herald Angel X Tantallon) X (Herald Angel x Apple Valley)

AWARDS: Honorable Mention 1970

PBF: No

INTERESTING INFO:
From the 1967 Fleur de Lis Gardens Catalog: Here's a new pink that is as luscious and mouth-watering as any of the confections that graced the shelves, - "so near and yet so glassily remote," of the never to be matched "Candy Counter" in the country store of our old home town. This is a fluffy creation of wintergreen pink over heavy whipped cream topped off with wide ruffled borders of amber-toned taffy and sprinkled with golden flecks of maple sugar around rich maraschino red beards. Tall, with strong well branched stalks that carry many large flowers at once . A great favorite of ours, this seems to be equally well liked by visitors