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Sheppards Delight
- Tube color : pink
- Sepal color : pink
- Corolla color : light pink
- Flower : single
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : pink
- Tube shape : medium thick, long
- Tube dimensions : 20mm long x 7mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : pink
- Sepal color lower : light pink
- Sepal shape : fully up
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 40mm long x 10mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : light pink
- Corolla mature color : dark rose
- Corolla shape :
- Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
- Petal margins : smooth
- Corolla dimensions : 15mm long x 20mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 20mm below corolla
- Filaments : magenta
- Anthers : light pink
- Pistil : 45mm below corolla
- Style : pink
- Stigma : cream
- Pedicel :
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : single
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- Flower bud : Long pointed
- Habit : upright
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- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light in a cool climate
- Optimal light conditions : filtered light
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- Year (of registration) : 1994
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- Breeder (or finder) : Sheppard Derek
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- Country : United Kingdom
- Tested : 4 years in Warminster, Wilts, UK
- Distinguished by : corolla color, vigorous growth, profuse blooms
- AFS : 3151
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : dark green
- Foliage color lower side : medium green
- Leaf dimensions : 105mm long x 60mm wide
- Leaf shape : ovate
- Leaf margin : serrate (coarsely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : red
- Stems : red
- Branches : green
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