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Wessex Belle
- Tube color : white (155D) striped light pink (55B)
- Sepal color : light pink (55B)
- Corolla color : white (155D) flushed light pink (55B)
- Flower : double
- Habitus : upright/trailing
Description
TUBE
- Tube color : white (155D) striped light pink (55B)
- Tube shape : medium length, thin
- Tube dimensions :
SEPALS
- Sepal color upper : light pink (55B)
- Sepal color lower :
- Sepal shape : fully up
- Sepal tips : recurved
- Sepal dimensions : 40mm long x 15mm wide
COROLLA
- Corolla opening color : white (155D) flushed light pink (55B)
- Corolla mature color :
- Corolla shape :
- Corolla silhouette : half flared
- Petal margins : wavy
- Corolla dimensions : 35mm long x 40mm wide
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STAMENS and PISTIL
- Stamens : extend 15mm below corolla
- Filaments : light pink (55B)
- Anthers : dark red (53A)
- Pistil : 45mm below corolla
- Style : white (155D)/pale pink (56B)
- Stigma : pale yellow (158B)
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MISCELLANEOUS
- Flower : double
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- Flower bud : Square pointed
- Habit : upright/trailing
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- Light/Climate : filtered light in a cool climate
- Optimal light conditions : limited light and best foliage color in filtered light
- Remarks : bloom color becomes more intense in brighter light, prefers gritty compost, botrytis resistant, easy to grow
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- Year (of registration) : 1989
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- Breeder (or finder) : Luther Derek J.
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- Country : United Kingdom
- Tested : 3 years in Poole, Dorset, England, UK
- Distinguished by : foliage color
- AFS : 2424
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FOLIAGE
- Foliage color upper side : pale to dark yellow or variegated from the near white to dark yellow
- Foliage color lower side :
- Leaf dimensions : 60mm long x 35mm wide
- Leaf shape : ovate
- Leaf margin : serrulate (finely toothed)
- Leaf tip : acute
- Leaf base : rounded
- Pubescence :
- Veins : red
- Stems : red
- Branches : grayish brown
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