Tube color : red pink (43C) and red pink (43D), gradient dark to lighter
Tube shape :
Tube dimensions : 17mm (5/8”) x 6mm (1/4″)
Tube proportional length : medium
Tube proportional width : medium
SEPALS
Sepal color upper : white (NN155C), with green top and tipped light green (134D)
Sepal color lower : red pink (48D), with green top
Sepal shape : Horizontal: tips recurved
Sepal tips : curved up
Sepal twist : No
Sepal dimensions : 32mm (1-1/4″) long x 7mm (9/32″) wide
COROLLA
Corolla opening color : dark violet (79A)
Corolla mature color : violet (N81A)
Corolla flare : No Flare
Corolla shape : Normal
Corolla formation : Closed
Corolla bottom view : Round
Petal margins : Smooth
Corolla dimensions : 20mm (15/32″) x 10mm (3/8″)
Petaloid color : none
Petaloid dimensions : x
STAMENS and PISTIL
Stamens : 19mm (3/4″)
Filaments : red pink (50C)
Anthers : white (NN155C)
Pistil : 38mm (1-1/2″)
Style : red pink (48D)
Stigma : white (NN155C)
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MISCELLANEOUS
Flower : single
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Flower bud : tubelike
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Suitable as : Upright
Light/Climate : Overhead filtered light, Cold weather hardy to -8 C (18 F), USDA Zone 8B
Optimal light conditions : Filtered
Remarks : Easy to make cuttings. Suitable for permanent garden planting in the open ground. Smooth grower for filtered light. Gives a lot of flowering from June until deep Autumn. Cut back to 20 cm (9 inches) in the Spring.
Named : Hoven’s Jet is a combination of the neighbourhood ‘the Hoven’ in which the breeder lives and the first name of his daughter Jet
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Year of introduction : 2021
Year of hybridisation : 2017
Breeder (or finder) : Zijlstra Sierd
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Country : The Netherlands
Tested : 5 years in Bennekom, The Netherlands
Distinguished by : Looks a bit like F. magellanica var. aureco but clearly has larger flowers
