Cardinal Parade just wants to keep marching on -- a true "bud-builder." Just as you think that the last bud of the scape is about to bloom, you find that the scape has extended itself and produced even more buds.

Since 1997 when I first began hybridizing, I've noticed that people who look at the same bloom often see a slightly or even drastically different shade of color, causing me to be reluctant to describe flower colors. This red is no different. However, what everyone does agree upon about this gorgeous Cardinal Parade is that it clearly has a blue overcast sheen to it, sometimes displays a white edge, and that because of its shimmering, veiny surface the darker red eye is indistinct without close inspection.

Cardinal Parade boasts heavy, textured substance in a full, over-lapped, circular form with delicate ruffling.