George Rasmussen's Entry Into Unusual Forms

Within recent years George's hybridizing program has brought him into the world of Unusual Forms. For many years he had been producing full form flowers, some as large as 7 inches, such as KING GEORGE and TIGER SWIRL. Some were solid colors, many had eyes, and there were even a few doubles. In 2004 George introduced KING'S GOLDEN TREASURE, a flower which by many standards is a landmark. Unusual forms come and go, and there are surely hundreds or worthy flowers out there, but KGT is truly special. It is a lovely gold self, a semi-evergreen tet that stands on 36 inch scapes. I would call it a crispate-cascade unusual form. Its most impressive feature is its size, reaching at least 10 inches in many gardens in the Northeast, and growing to close to 12 inches in some gardens! This is a plant that just has to be here in Brookside Gardens. George should be proud of this fantastic achievement in daylilydom!