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'Eunice Updike'

Eunice Updike

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Cultivar Name 'Eunice Updike'
Reference Number U22-2
Parentage 'Louise Gable' x 'Shinnyo-no-tsuki'
Published Source ARS 31(2):118; IRR 1977 (in RH 1977:112)
Spring Leaf Elliptic 29mm:1-1/8" x 13mm:1/2"
Foliaceous Calyx 4mm:3/16" strong Yellow Green
Corolla Size and Shape Diameter : 57mm:2-1/4"
Cone height: 25mm:1"
No. of lobes: 6+6+ps
Alt. diameter: 50mm:1-15/16"
Alt. cone ht.: 25mm:1"
Petal length : 36mm:1-7/16"
Form: Irregular double; hose-in-hose plus petaloid stamens; widely funnel-shaped; lobes wavy
Corolla Color As Registered
RHS 43C (deep yellowish Pink) ....

Measured 1992-93:
92: RHS 47D (deep pink) / RHS 47C (deep yellowish Pink)
93: RHS 44D / RHS 44D (deep yellowish Pink)

Flowers/Bud 1-3 fls./bud
Habit Dwarf [low], rounded, branching well (dense)
Flowering Period Late May

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