Verity Edwards

  • Tube color : cardinal red
  • Sepal color : cardinal red
  • Corolla color : plum purple (79A) blotched cardinal red (53B) at base
  • Flower : single
  • Habitus : upright

Description

TUBE

  • Tube color : cardinal red
  • Tube shape : long & thin
  • Tube dimensions : 20mm

SEPALS

  • Sepal color upper : cardinal red
  • Sepal color lower :
  • Sepal shape : fully down
  • Sepal tips :
  • Sepal dimensions : 24mm long x 8mm wide

COROLLA

  • Corolla opening color : plum purple (79A) blotched cardinal red (53B) at base
  • Corolla mature color : ruby red
  • Corolla shape : square
  • Corolla silhouette : no flare
  • Petal margins :
  • Corolla dimensions : 16mm long x 12mm wide
  • Petaloid color : plum purple blotched cardinal red at base
  • Petaloid dimensions : 8mm long x 6mm wide

STAMENS and PISTIL

  • Stamens : 4mm below corolla
  • Filaments : pink
  • Anthers : pink
  • Pistil : 22mm below corolla
  • Style : deep pink
  • Stigma : deep pink
  • Pedicel :
  • Ovary :
  • Nectary :

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Flower : single
  • Flower size :
  • Flower display :
  • Flower bud : Triphylla type bloom., shape is ovate
  • Habit : upright
  • Branching : self branching
  • Hardiness: H2/H3
  • Height :
  • Suitable as : upright or standard
  • Light/Climate : Cold weather hardy to 26º F
  • Optimal light conditions :
  • Remarks : triphylla-type flowers, perhaps the first triphylla-type to be considered slightly hardy
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  • Year (of registration) : 1985
  • Year of introduction :
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  • Breeder (or finder) : Dunnett Harry
  • Introducer :
  • City :
  • Country : United Kingdom
  • Tested : 8 years in S.E. England facing north
  • Distinguished by : terminal bloom cluster contrasts with light foliage, hardy triphylla cultivar
  • AFS : 1841
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FOLIAGE

  • Foliage color upper side : green (138A)
  • Foliage color lower side :
  • Leaf dimensions : 42mm x 18mm
  • Leaf shape : elliptic
  • Leaf margin : entire (smooth)
  • Leaf tip : acute
  • Leaf base : rounded
  • Pubescence :
  • Veins : deep red
  • Stems : deep red
  • Branches : deep red

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