Monday 28 May 2012


SILVER
Mid season white with red labellum.
Bartolme Ferrello Silver.
Brittle labellum. Needs to be left to open fully to obtain full white colour. Shows some tendency to blush in full sun.
The name is taken from one of the rabbits in "Watership Down" (Adams). [extract Wikipedia "Hazel's rabbits. Silver, with silver fur. The main fighter besides Bigwig, and also a member of the Sandleford Owsla. He is also the nephew of the Threarah, Sandleford's Chief Rabbit. In the movie when they were crossing a river to escape a dog he helped Bigwig push a board across the river with Fiver and Pipkin on board because they were too tired to swim. ......"]
See also "Hyzenthlay"