ROSE RED EXPLOSION (Benz) tet 28" M. Ev. (Ezekial X Tet. Brent Gabriel) From Dave Talbott's black-purple double Ezekial crossed to my conversion of Lucille Guidry's wonderful double diploid BRENT GABRIEL comes this triumph in red double tetraploids. The moment I saw this in the seedling bed, I selected it for future introduction, and it seems to grow more beautiful with each passing season. Always perfect as shows, fully double hose-in-hose style, and never a single bloom in the last 4 years. 35 or more of these spectacular blooms are displayed on beautifully branched show scapes, which never lean or bend, even when 3-4 of these heavy doubles are blooming simultaneously. From top to bottom, the finest red double flower and plant I have seen or grown, regardless of ploidy. Plants are large and foliage is beautiful, but very evergreen, and difficult to hybridize with due to extremely compact doubling. Still, there are no other double reds like this, and garden visitors flock to it. Fertile both ways, but very difficult. $200.00