Excellent seedling find for my CDN garden zone 4a. Imported from Europe.

Been growing for 3years in colder north facing gardens and bloomed this year for first time.

Plantings of original Applejacks (3) over the years never survived in warmer south garden. Lowest night temperatures -33C to -35C in winter. Can't see alba in it, but can see laxa in canes.

My hope is it will cross and pass cold hardiness on with easy.

Well done.

Riku Helin

In the link below ’Lumo’ has been classified as an alba. This purely because of the bluish matt foliage and some other characteristics. It is an open pollinated seedling of Applejack and there is no DNA evidence for its being an alba hybrid.

From the Universi of Helsinki breeding program in the 1990s, released in 2008.
https://portal.mtt.fi/portal/pls/portal/tai_mtt.tai_mtt_rp_lajikkeet.show_detail?p_tunnus_seqno=177