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Bob Armbruster
- Tube color : bright scarlet
- Sepal color : bright scarlet
- Corolla color : dark blue-violet, scarlet veins at base
- Flower : double
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : bright scarlet
- Tube shape : short to medium
- Tube dimensions : 22-25mm long x 7-10mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : bright scarlet
- Sepal color lower : creped on lower surface
- Sepal shape : half up
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 32mm x 20mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : dark blue-violet, scarlet veins at base
- Corolla mature color : base rose
- Corolla shape :
- Corolla silhouette : Mostly half flared to three quarter flared
- Petal margins :
- Corolla dimensions : 32-38mm long x 57-64mm
- Petaloid color :
- Petaloid dimensions :
STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 20-25mm below corolla
- Filaments : dark scarlet filments
- Anthers : light scarlet
- Pistil : 32-38mm below corolla
- Style : bright scarlet
- Stigma : scarlet
- Pedicel :
- Ovary :
- Nectary :
MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
- Flower size : large
- Flower display :
- Flower bud : Ovate
- Habit : upright
- Branching : self branching
- Hardiness: H2
- Height :
- Suitable as : standard, pyramid, pillar, decorative or trellis
- Light/Climate : Heat tolerant if shaded and cold weather hardy to 30ºF
- Optimal light conditions : bright light
- Remarks : Likes deep rich soil with occasional heavy feeding
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- Year (of registration) : 1986
- Year of introduction :
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- Breeder (or finder) : Fuchsia-La/Walker Roy
- Introducer :
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- Country : United States
- Tested : 5 years near Sacramento and 2 years in Fort Bragg, California, USA and introduced in 1981
- Distinguished by : hardiness, large heavy continuous blooms, pest resistance
- AFS : 1952
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : bright green
- Foliage color lower side : lighter
- Leaf dimensions : 64-76mmx 38-41mm
- Leaf shape : ovate
- Leaf margin : entire (smooth)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : bright red
- Stems : bright red
- Branches : red turning reddish brown
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