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Salmon is a beautiful color that’s pink bracts are too light to be called Plants fl owered late season. (Selecta). Unlike many marble
well matched to the rest of the series, a red and too dark to be sold as pink. cultivars, ‘Christmas Angel Mar-
growers may have trouble catego- Plants are upright growing with dark- Novelty Cultivars bella’ has excellent contrast between
rizing this cultivar. The dark rosy- green foliage and good breaking. ‘Christmas Angel Marbella’ the narrow creamy white margin
and the salmon-pink blaze in the
middle of each bract. Bracts were
carried upright, and the foliage
was dark green. The uniform, well-
branched and medium vigor plants
fl owered mid- to late season. The
strong upright growth habit and
timing fi ts well with rest of the
Christmas Angel family. Note that
both ‘Christmas Angel Marble’ and
‘Christmas Angel Marbella’ will
be available, and Marbella has the
stronger coloring.
‘Christmas Feelings Red
Cinnamon’ (Selecta). This cul-
tivar has the distinction of being
the darkest red of the peppermint
Face to Face types available. The large, elon-
gated bracts were a bright rosy-pink
fl ecked with rosy red, and hung
fl at or slightly down. The younger
bracts were bright apricot — some
variability in color but not enough
to be a problem. The vigorous
plants fl owered mid-to late season
and had dark green foliage.
‘Christmas Feelings Cin-
namon evol.’ (Selecta). The pale
apricot-pink bracts were fl ecked
with dark pink. The bracts were fl at
to slightly upright and the foliage
dark green. Branching and overall
uniformity was good. The low- to
medium-vigor plants fl owered
mid- to late season. Compared to
‘Christmas Feelings Red’, the bracts
are slightly more elongated, and the
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plant habit may be slightly more
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spreading and more vigorous.
‘Primero Glitter’ (39-02B)
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sized cherry-red bracts fl ecked
with spots and patches of creamy
white. As with most jingle types,
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