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'Ormsby'

Ormsby

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Cultivar Name 'Ormsby'
Reference Number T45-3
Parentage 'Louise Gable' x Yozakura' [Sat- suki]
Published Source IRR 1984/85 (in RH 1985/86:106)
Spring Leaf Narrowly elliptic to elliptic 50mm:1-15/16" x 19mm:3/4"
Foliaceous Calyx 3mm:1/8" strong Yellow Green (144B)
Corolla Size and Shape Diameter: 63mm:2-1/2"
Cone height: 30mm:1-3/16"
No. of lobes: 5
Alt. diameter: 66mm:2-5/8"
Alt. cone ht.: 30mm:1-3/16"
Pelal length: 43mm:1-11/16"
Form: Double (sometimes irregular); broadly funnel-shaped
Corolla Color As Registered
RHS 43C (deep yellowish Pink) to RHS 48C (strong Pink) overlaid with deep yellowish Pink; spotted RHS 61B (strong purplish Red)

Measured 1992-93:
92: RHS 48B / RHS 47B (deep Pink)
93: RHS 47C / RHS 44D (deep yellowish Pink)

Flowers/Bud 2 fls./bud
Habit Medium height, mounding to somewhat upright, dense
Flowering Period Late May

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