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'Madame Mab Chalon'

Madame Mab Chalon

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Cultivar Name 'Madame Mab Chalon'
Reference Number T16-7
Parentage ('Glacier' x 'Tama- giku') x 'Getsu- toku'
Published Source IRR 1984/85 (in RH 1985/86:104)
Spring Leaf Elliptic to narrowly obovate 36mm:1-7/16" x 17mm:11/16"
Foliaceous Calyx 6mm:1/4" strong Yellow Green (144B)
Corolla Size and Shape Diameter : 90mm:3-9/16"
Cone height: 36mm:1-7/16"
No. of lobes : 5-6
Alt. diameter: 90mm:3-9/16"
Alt. cone ht.: 40mm:1-9/16"
Petal length : 65mm:2-9/16"
Form: Single; broadly funnel-shaped; lobes [broad, overlapping; margins] frilled
Corolla Color As Registered
Pale tints of 48D (strong Pink) to RHS 55D (pale purplish Pink): throat RHS 159D (pale yellowish Pink); some striping and sectoring RHS 48C to RHS 52D (strong Pink); spotted RHS 165C (moderate Orange Yellow), or RHS 61B (strong purplish Red) over marking

Measured 1992-93:
92: margin-RHS 50D / RHS 49C (light Pink) sector-RHS 48B (deep Pink) / RHS 39B (deep yellowish Pink)
93: axial-RHS 50D / RHS 39D (light Pink)

Flowers/Bud 1-2 fls./bud
Habit Low, mounding, dense
Flowering Period Early June

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Madame Mab Chalon

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