Description
TUBE
- Tube color : cream tinged pale pink (65D)
- Tube shape : medium
- Tube dimensions : 15mm long x 8mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : pale rose (73D) shading to light rose (73C)
- Sepal color lower : light rose (73C) shading to white
- Sepal shape : half up
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 35mm long x 13mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : dark reddish purple (61A)
- Corolla mature color : magenta (57B), paler veining
- Corolla shape :
- Corolla silhouette : half flared
- Petal margins : smooth
- Corolla dimensions : 20mm long 17mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 17mm below corolla
- Filaments : light magenta (57D)
- Anthers : magenta (57B)
- Pistil : 40mm below corolla
- Style : off white to light rose (68D)
- Stigma : off white
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : single
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- Flower bud : Ovate pointed
- Habit : upright
- Branching :
- Hardiness: yes
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- Light/Climate : filtered light, heat tolerant if shaded
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
- Remarks :
- Named : Airedale is a geographic area in Yorkshire, England, corresponding to the river valley or dale of the River Aire
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- Year (of registration) : 1990
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- Breeder (or finder) : Hanson Christel
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- Country : United States
- Tested : 3 years in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England and introduced by Arcadia Nurseries
- Distinguished by : vigor, ease of growth, profuse early blooms
- AFS : 2602
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- Parentage : Border Queen X Celia Smedley
FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : medium green (143A)
- Foliage color lower side : light olive green (148B)
- Leaf dimensions : 60mm long x 25mm wide
- Leaf shape : cordate
- Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : olive green
- Stems : dark red
- Branches : pink maturing to green