Look North

  • Tube color : red (52A)
  • Sepal color : rose (52C)
  • Corolla color : reddish purple (80B) flushed light purple (78B)
  • Flower : double
  • Habitus : upright

Description

TUBE

  • Tube color : red (52A)
  • Tube shape : short and medium thickness
  • Tube dimensions : 16mm long 8mm wide

SEPALS

  • Sepal color upper : rose (52C)
  • Sepal color lower : rose (52B)
  • Sepal shape : fully up
  • Sepal tips : recurved
  • Sepal dimensions : 40mm long x 20mm wide

COROLLA

  • Corolla opening color : reddish purple (80B) flushed light purple (78B)
  • Corolla mature color : reddish purple (8B) flushed light purple (78B)
  • Corolla shape : rounded bell shape
  • Corolla silhouette : half flared
  • Petal margins : slightly turned under
  • Corolla dimensions : 32mm long x 43mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL

  • Stamens : 13mm below corolla
  • Filaments : dark rose (54A)
  • Anthers : dark rose (54B)
  • Pistil : 32mm below corolla
  • Style : rose (54C) shading tio dark rose (54B)
  • Stigma : red (53B)
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MISCELLANEOUS

  • Flower : double
  • Flower size : medium
  • Flower display :
  • Flower bud : ovate, pointed
  • Habit : upright
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  • Suitable as : standard, bush or decorative
  • Light/Climate : full sun, cool climate
  • Optimal light conditions : bright light
  • Remarks : Strong upright growth, blooms over a long period
  • Named : named after a BBC1 TV Look North, to commemmorate their visit to our garden in 1999 to record the fuchsias for their “Secret Gardeners” series
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  • Year (of registration) : 2001
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  • Breeder (or finder) : Hall Margaret
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  • Country : United Kingdom
  • Tested : 3 years in Northeast England
  • Distinguished by : unusual blossom color combination
  • AFS : 4590
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FOLIAGE

  • Foliage color upper side : medium green (138A)
  • Foliage color lower side : medium green (138B)
  • Leaf dimensions : 57mm long x 36mm wide
  • Leaf shape : ovate
  • Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
  • Leaf tip : acute
  • Leaf base : cordate
  • Pubescence :
  • Veins : greenish white (157B)
  • Stems : cream (158D)
  • Branches : light brownish orange (164C)

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