Rock Run Ashley

Rock Run Ashley came from hybridizer Jerry Wittrig in 2011 and spent the next decade climbing serious growers' must-have lists. Floret put it on their favorites page and calls it one of the most beautiful and versatile varieties they grow, which is the kind of sentence that empties a webshop. The sellouts back it up. FiveFork Farms lists it as gone, Sweet Potomac Farm shows nothing available until fall 2026, and Happy Hollow sold through as well. Vendors are open about why: stock took years to build, so supply lags far behind the demand the photographs create. If you find tubers in spring, do not wait for a second opinion.

The ADS classes Rock Run Ashley as a miniature formal decorative, classification 4004, though most farms sell it as a small ball and the rounded 3 to 4 inch blooms explain why. Plants ran about 3.5 feet in Idlewild Blooms' field, so a single stake or one layer of netting is enough. Pinch at 12 inches and disbud if you want longer stems for bouquet work. The real challenge is supply, not culture. Vendors report the variety took years to build into sellable inventory, so plan to grow your own increase rather than reordering each spring. Genova and Burlesca scratch a similar petite pastel ball itch and are easier to buy, but neither lands the same warm nude pink.