Fls 2-3 per stem, 65 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, brilliant yellow with slight white mucro, spreading or a little reflexed, plane, overlapping 1/4; inner segments with margins wavy; cup is cylindrical, short, broadly angled, slightly constricted near mouth, darker in tone than the perianth, mouth straight or slightly expanded, 6-lobed, with rim crenate. Is sibling to ‘Jumblie’ and ‘Quince’.
According to Nancy Wilson, miniatures expert from California,’Tête-à-Tête’ was named as a joke on Mr. Tait. Frank Waley, who was there when it was named, said it was named by Mr. Tait’s friend. Mr. Tait bred early miniatures and bred two of his to produce this one. It was never meant to refer to one or two flowers per stem. The name is French for “head to head”.
Tête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #56275 Hein Meeuwissen, NederlandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #53254 Yeskendir Satekov, KazakhstanTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #52125 Kirby Fong, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #49078 U.S. National Arboretum, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #47762 Coleen Toone, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #45551 ADS Photo, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #38556 Bradley McCarson, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #38175 Bradley McCarson, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #36506 Tom Stettner, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #36369 Bradley McCarson, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #36352 Bradley McCarson, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #35928 Fentongollan Farms, EngelandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #32108 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #32107 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #19935 Tom Stettner, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #16904 Peter D.K. Ramsay, Nieuw-ZeelandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #12710 Mary Lou Gripshover, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #12165 Brian S. Duncan, Noord-IerlandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #9999 Ralph Sowell, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #9887 Noeline McLaren, Nieuw-ZeelandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #8958 Ian Tyler, EngelandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #8429 Bob Isaak, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #7727 Ian Scroggy, Noord-IerlandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #7372 Becky Fox Matthews, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #6557 Liz Ellwood, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #6530 Mary Durtschi, Verenigde StatenTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #6140 Carlos van der Veek, NederlandTête-à-Tête, 12 Y-Y, Alec Gray, Engeland, 1949
Foto #798 Ben Blake, Verenigde Staten