‘Four Marys’ a plant originally obtained from Margot and Gordon McNeil. The flowers are narrow tepal yellow or near white and turn pink when they age. Margot McNeil mentioned that Gordon named the plant Four Marys after the ladies in waiting of the Queen Mary of Scots. They are known in history as ‘The Four Marys’; Mary Seton, Mary Fleming, Mary Beaton and Mary Livingston. The number four was used for the four colours seen with the flowering of Four Marys.