Valley Porcupine

Valley Porcupine ranks second on the ADS Fab 50 for 2025 with 233 blue-and-higher ribbons, and it is the flower the ADS chose to feature on the Fabulous 50 page itself, a quiet sign of how beloved this strange little bloom is among exhibitors. Novelties win by being unmistakable and consistent, and Porcupine is both. The Valley prefix points toward Dave and Leone Smith's program, the same breeders behind Valley Rust Bucket, but we could not confirm the attribution or a year, so both stay flagged.

Valley Porcupine is a micro novelty fully double, a tiny spiky oddity that does not fit any standard form, which is exactly the point of the novelty class. It is a show flower. Like other micros it earns its ribbons through uniformity, dozens of matching little curiosities on one plant. For the home grower it is a conversation piece more than a cut flower. We could not source plant height or productivity. The Valley prefix is associated with the breeding of Dave and Leone Smith, though we flag that pending confirmation.