High & Magic

The red-edged one. High & Magic carries a golden-yellow base dipped in true crimson at the petal margins — the deepest, most dramatic edge in our warm bicolor trio. Its sibling High & Yellow Flame stops at orange; High & Magic crosses all the way into red, which is why it reads like a sunset at its last minute rather than its first.

The grow story

Grown at 3,200 meters in our own production in Cayambe, Ecuador, in the equatorial Andes. Bicolor pigment is light-driven: the crimson edge develops where intense high-altitude sun hits the outer petal, while cold nights slow the bloom enough for the contrast to build before harvest. Lowland-grown bicolors show a washed, narrow edge by comparison. Each block is cut, hydrated, graded, and cold-packed within 48 hours of harvest, so the contrast you see at the farm is the contrast that arrives.

At a glance

Best for

Fall events, fiesta and carnival palettes, harvest-season retail bunches, and any design where one variety has to carry two colors. High & Magic does the work of a yellow rose and a red rose in a single stem slot. 60 cm handles most centerpiece work; go 70 cm where the bicolor head should ride above the foliage line. Anchor it against solids from our wholesale rose range.

Pairs beautifully with

• Freedom (red) to echo the crimson edge at full saturation
• Brighton (yellow) to echo the base tone
• Nina (orange) to fill the gap between the two
• Hypericum (red berries) for small-scale color repetition
• Solidago (yellow filler) for airy warmth

Care notes

Re-cut at 45° under running water; first hydration in 95–100°F water with preservative. Store at 34–38°F. The crimson edge deepens slightly as the head opens — plan palettes around the day-three look, not the box look. Moderately ethylene-sensitive; keep clear of ripening fruit.

What working pros say

"High & Magic is two colors of inventory in one box. For fall weeks I cut my red and yellow orders back and let it carry the middle of every arrangement."

— Retail florist, Texas (14 yrs experience)

"The edge actually gets redder as it opens, which clients read as the flower changing for them. It holds eleven days minimum in my cooler-to-counter cycle."

— Event designer, New England (10 yrs experience)