Gold-laced polyanthus are named for their gold-edged petals with dark backgrounds of either dark red or black. This small, but hardy plant was wildly popular as a florist's flower during the eighteenth century, but then declined in popularity and was nearly lost to cultivation when the last nursery growing them was bombed in 1939. Florence Bellis of Barnhaven Seeds received seed from a rescued plant and reintroduced it in 1949 but only recently has begun to regain popularity.

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