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Shirley
- Tube color : waxy crimson, bulbous at top
- Sepal color : waxy crimson fading toward the tips
- Corolla color : cardinal red
- Flower : single
- Habitus : upright
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : waxy crimson, bulbous at top
- Tube shape : medium
- Tube dimensions : 13mm x 6-8mm
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : waxy crimson fading toward the tips
- Sepal color lower : crepey crimson
- Sepal shape : horizontal
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 35mm long x 22mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : cardinal red
- Corolla mature color :
- Corolla shape : box shape
- Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
- Petal margins :
- Corolla dimensions : 22mm long x 19mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 32mm below corolla
- Filaments : pale red
- Anthers : slightly deeper red
- Pistil : 35mm below corolla
- Style : pale rose
- Stigma : cream
- Pedicel :
- Ovary :
- Nectary :
MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : single
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- Habit : upright
- Branching :
- Hardiness: hardy
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- Suitable as : upright, standard or pyramid
- Light/Climate : full sun and is cold weather hardy to -2º F
- Optimal light conditions : bright light
- Remarks : A large free blooming ‘Flash’ that responds to early pinching
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- Year (of registration) : 1985
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- Breeder (or finder) : Dawson Harry
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- Country : United Kingdom
- Tested : 7 years near north Norfolk, England, UK
- Distinguished by : very floriferous hardy cultivar
- AFS : 1826
- NBFK :
- NKvF : 4272
- BFS :
FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : mid-green
- Foliage color lower side : pale mid-green
- Leaf dimensions : 83mm x 44mm
- Leaf shape : ovate
- Leaf margin :
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : light red
- Stems : light red
- Branches : light green, slightly tinted red on young growth
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