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Tecumseh
- Tube color : crimson (52A)
- Sepal color : crimson (52A), red veins (45B)
- Corolla color : deep orchid blue (74A) fading to crimson (57A) at base
- Flower : single
- Habitus : trailing
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : crimson (52A)
- Tube shape : short, medium thick
- Tube dimensions : 10mm long x 7mm wide
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : crimson (52A), red veins (45B)
- Sepal color lower :
- Sepal shape : half down
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 32mm long x 13mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : deep orchid blue (74A) fading to crimson (57A) at base
- Corolla mature color :
- Corolla shape : compact
- Corolla silhouette : one quarter flared
- Petal margins : smooth
- Corolla dimensions : 22mm long x 29mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : 7-13mm below corolla
- Filaments : plum (187B)
- Anthers : old ivory (161D)
- Pistil : 32mm below corolla
- Style : crimson (52A)
- Stigma : crimson (52A)
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : single
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- Flower bud : Pointed ovate crimson (52A)
- Habit : trailing
- Branching : self branching
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- Suitable as : basket, standard or trellis
- Light/Climate : overhead filtered light in a warm climate and is heat tolerant if shaded. Cold weather hardy to 28ºF
- Optimal light conditions : bright light
- Remarks : Will be trademarked in California. Compact, short noded long blooming plant best kept tightly pinched
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- Year (of registration) : 1987
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- Breeder (or finder) : McLaughlin Howard
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- Country : United States
- Tested : 3 years near San Juan Bautista, California, USA
- Distinguished by : heat and wind tolerance, disease and pest resistance
- AFS : 2106
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : light-medium green (137C maturing to 144B)
- Foliage color lower side : shiny light green (146D)
- Leaf dimensions : 64mm long x 38mm wide
- Leaf shape : ovate
- Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed), widely spaced teeth
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : light reddish brown (159A)
- Stems : reddish brown to light green (183C)
- Branches : light green to brown
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