The Robin Hill Azaleas
'Maxine West'

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Cultivar Name	'Maxine West'
Reference Number	U8-10
Parentage	('Louise Gable' x 'Tama-giku') x ('Kaigetsu' x 'Carol')
Published Source	IRR 1984/85 (in RH 1985/86:104-5)
Spring Leaf	Elliptic 34mm:1-5/16" x 17mm:11/16"
Foliaceous Calyx	Absent
Corolla Size and Shape	Diameter : 70mm :2-3/4" Cone height: 38mm:1-1/2" No. of lobes: 5+5+ps Alt. diameter: 68mm:2-11/16" Alt. cone ht.: 35mm:1-3/8" Petal length: 46mm:1-13/16" Form: Double, often irregular; hose-in-hose; widely funnel-shaped; lobes evenly rounded; petaloid stamens forming pompon
Corolla Color	As Registered Pale hints of RHS 65D (pale purplish Pink) to RHS 69A-73D (very pale Purple); slight striping RHS 66C (deep purplish Pink); throat RHS 154D (lighl Yellow Green); spotted RHS 185D (deep Pink) Measured 1992-93: 92: RHS 186D (moderate purplish Pink) / RHS 65B (light purplish Pink) 93: RHS 56A (pale purplish Pink) / RHS 65C (pale purplish Pink)
Flowers/Bud	2 fls./bud
Habit	Low, spreading to mounding, dense
Flowering Period	late May

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