Jolly Redneck (H. Pittman)

Jolly Redneck (H. Pittman)

Thumbnail. It is classified as a semi-miniature, although it is a miniature in terms of foliage and rosette size. Double very large coral red flowers with darkening towards the edges of the petals.

Dark green small foliage with a red underside that looks like slightly elongated hearts. Leaf to leaf and does not curl. Very fast growing rows of leaves. Very compact and neat small rosette with dark foliage. The size of an adult outlet does not exceed 11 cm.

The coloring of the flowers is amazing, non-uniform, fawn-beetroot-red. The main color of red-coral, burgundy or beetroot tone is “diluted” with lighter fawn-silver gaps.

The color is uneven - it is overflowing, with such a grayish tan, the flowers seem to be burnt out. Here and brick, and pink, and cherry, and silver ... what is not mixed! Flowers lose color intensity as they age, fade.

The flowers are very beautiful, fluffy, with red tonal transitions. The flowers are small, size (up to 2 cm), but they seem quite large, especially considering their densely doubled shape, against the background of a small rosette. The flowers look like little peonies.

Peduncles are smooth and low, the flowers are almost wavy balls, though a bit large for such a small rosette. It blooms profusely, does not indulge in frequent flowering. Flowers last for a long time - about a month, but not always in large numbers and fade over time.

The cuttings root easily and produce many babies. The variety is thoughtful, did not bloom until it had 3-4 rows of leaves, but immediately bloomed with a beautiful bunch. It is moderately exacting to light. It grows well both with top watering and on the wick. To maintain the aesthetic appearance of the outlet, it must be transplanted more often, removing the lower rows of leaves.

Rednecks were a group of the US population - white-skinned inhabitants of the rural areas of the southern United States and the foothills of the Appalachians, mainly farmers. White-skinned farmers who worked daily in agricultural work under the scorching sun acquired a characteristic red tan on the back of the neck. Rednecks, in turn, were proud of this “identification” and wore red neckerchiefs.