Dorothy Shields

  • Tube color : cream
  • Sepal color : pink overlaid white
  • Corolla color : violet (85A) veined pink
  • Flower : double
  • Habitus : upright

Description

TUBE

  • Tube color : cream
  • Tube shape : medium
  • Tube dimensions : 10mm long

SEPALS

  • Sepal color upper : pink overlaid white
  • Sepal color lower : dark rose (55A)
  • Sepal shape : half up
  • Sepal tips : green recurved
  • Sepal dimensions : 44mm long x 13mm wide

COROLLA

  • Corolla opening color : violet (85A) veined pink
  • Corolla mature color : light violet (84B)
  • Corolla shape :
  • Corolla silhouette : half flared
  • Petal margins : wavy
  • Corolla dimensions : 25mm long x 19mm wide
  • Petaloid color : occasional, light violet
  • Petaloid dimensions : 19mm long x 10mm wide

STAMENS and PISTIL

  • Stamens : extend 13mm below corolla
  • Filaments : pink
  • Anthers : pink
  • Pistil : 32mm below corolla
  • Style : cream
  • Stigma : creamy yellow
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MISCELLANEOUS

  • Flower : double
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  • Flower bud : Pear
  • Habit : upright
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  • Light/Climate : filtered light in a cool climate
  • Optimal light conditions : filtered light
  • Remarks : Needs early pinching. Introduced by Jacksons Fuchsia Nurseries
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  • Year (of registration) : 1989
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  • Breeder (or finder) : Redfern Frederick
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  • Country : United Kingdom
  • Tested : 3 years in Derbyshire and Staffordshire, England UK
  • Distinguished by : corolla form
  • AFS : 2472
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FOLIAGE

  • Foliage color upper side : medium green (137C)
  • Foliage color lower side : light green (137D)
  • Leaf dimensions : 64mm long x 41mm wide
  • Leaf shape : cordate
  • Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed)
  • Leaf tip : acute
  • Leaf base : rounded
  • Pubescence :
  • Veins : light green
  • Stems : red
  • Branches : red

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