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Gateshead Festival
- Tube color : dark rose (51A)
- Sepal color : dark rose (51A)
- Corolla color : dark violet (87A)
- Flower : single
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : dark rose (51A)
- Tube shape : medium
- Tube dimensions : 13mm long x 8mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : dark rose (51A)
- Sepal color lower : rose (51B)
- Sepal shape : fully up
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 44mm long x 18mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : dark violet (87A)
- Corolla mature color : violet (84A)
- Corolla shape : bell shape
- Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
- Petal margins : smooth
- Corolla dimensions : 32mm long x 32mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 19mm below corolla
- Filaments : red (53B)
- Anthers : dark red (53A)
- Pistil : 38mm below corolla
- Style : dark rose (51A)
- Stigma : amber (162C)
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- Ovary :
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : single
- Flower size :
- Flower display :
- Flower bud : Ovate pointed
- Habit : upright
- Branching :
- Hardiness: H2
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- Light/Climate : prefers full sun in a cool climate
- Optimal light conditions : bright light
- Remarks :
- Named : name chosen by the Festival committee to be introduced at the national garden festival in Gateshead in 1990
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- Year (of registration) : 1990
- Year of introduction :
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- Breeder (or finder) : Hall Margaret
- Introducer :
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- Country : United Kingdom
- Tested : 2 years in N.E. England UK and introduced by E & T. Ord and Sons
- Distinguished by : bloom color
- AFS : 2676
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : medium green (146A)
- Foliage color lower side : yellowish green (146B)
- Leaf dimensions : 38mm long x 24mm wide
- Leaf shape : ovate
- Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : yellowish green (146C) with lower 1/3 red (53D)
- Stems : red (53A)
- Branches : red (53A)
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