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'Christie'

Christie

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Cultivar Name 'Christie'
Reference Number T21-2
Parentage ('Louise Gable' x 'Tama-giku') x 'Heiwa'
Published Source IRR 1991/92
Spring Leaf Elliptic to narrowly obovate 37mm:1-7/16" x 18mm:11/16"
Foliaceous Calyx 10mm:3/8"light Yellow Green (145C)
Corolla Size and Shape Diameter : 75mm:2-15/16"
Cone height : 38mm:1-1/2"
No. of lobes: 5
Alt. diameter: 80mm:3-1/8"
Alt. cone ht.: 42mm:1-5/8"
Petal length : 60mm:2-3/8"
Form: Single, broadly funnel-shaped, lobes very wavy-edged
Corolla Color As Registered
RHS 55C (light purplish Pink) to RHS 55D (pale purplish Pink); sometimes shading to nearly White in throat

Measured 1992-93:
92: axial-RHS 54D/RHS 51D (moderate purplish Pink)
92: margin-RHS 56B / RHS 56A (pale purplish Pink)

Flowers/Bud 1 fl./bud
Habit Low, mounding, dense
Flowering Period Late May

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