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Halley´s Comet
- Tube color : claret rose (21/3)
- Sepal color : claret rose (21/1)
- Corolla color : claret rose (HCC 21)
- Flower : single
- Habitus : upright/trailing
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : claret rose (21/3)
- Tube shape : long, medium thick
- Tube dimensions : 22mm long x 10mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : claret rose (21/1)
- Sepal color lower : delft (20/1)
- Sepal shape : half up
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 55mm long x 13mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : claret rose (HCC 21)
- Corolla mature color :
- Corolla shape : bell shape
- Corolla silhouette : no flare
- Petal margins : smooth
- Corolla dimensions : 38mm long x 19mm wide
- Petaloid color :
- Petaloid dimensions :
STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 19mm below corolla
- Filaments : claret rose
- Anthers : white
- Pistil : does not extend below corolla
- Style : claret rose
- Stigma : white
- Pedicel :
- Ovary :
- Nectary :
MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : single
- Flower size :
- Flower display :
- Flower bud : Long pointed
- Habit : upright/trailing
- Branching :
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- Suitable as : upright or standard
- Light/Climate : a cool climate and is heat tolerant if shaded
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
- Remarks : Grows well in most conditions
- Named : short period comet named after English astronomer Edmond Halley
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- Lookalikes :
- Year (of registration) : 1987
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- Breeder (or finder) : Sharpe/Proffit
- Introducer :
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- Country : New Zealand
- Tested : 5 years near Mt. Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand
- Distinguished by : fast growing versatile cultivar
- AFS : 2087
- NBFK :
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- BFS :
FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : lavender green (761)
- Foliage color lower side : sage green (861)
- Leaf dimensions : 64mm long x 38mm wide
- Leaf shape : cordate
- Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
- Leaf tip : obtuse
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : green
- Stems : red
- Branches : red
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