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'Olga Niblett'

Olga Niblett

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Cultivar Name 'Olga Niblett'
Reference Number T50-8
Parentage 'Oakland' x ('Kaigetsu' x Carol')
Published Source IRR 1984/85 (in RH 1985/86:105-6)
Spring Leaf Elliptic to broadly elliptic 38mm:1-1/2" x 22mm:7/8"
Foliaceous Calyx Absent
Corolla Size and Shape Diameter: 60mm :2-3/8"
Cone height : 35mm:1-3/8"
No. of lobes: 5
Alt. diameter: 60mm:2-3/8'"
Alt. cone ht.: 35mm:1-3/8"
Petal length : 44mm:1-3/4"
Form: Single hose-in-hose; openly funnel- shaped; lobes moderately broad, slightly overlapping
Corolla Color As Registered
White, overlaid with faint greenish Yellow haze at first; spotted RHS 149C (brilliant Yellow Green)

Measured 1992-93:
92: RHS 157A (pale yellowish Green) / RHS 145D (light yellowish Green)
93: RHS 157A / RHS 157B (pale yellowish Green)

Flowers/Bud 2 fls./bud
Habit Medium height, somewhat upright, loose
Flowering Period Mid May

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