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'Red Tip'

Red Tip

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Cultivar Name 'Red Tip'
Reference Number W20-10
Parentage (parentage unknown)
Published Source IRR 1984/85 (in RH 1985/86:107)
Spring Leaf Elliptic 66mm:2-5/8" x30mm:1-3/16"
Foliaceous Calyx 7mm:1/4" light Yellow Green (145B)
Corolla Size and Shape Diameter: 72mm:2-13/16"
Cone height: 37mm :1-7/16"
No. of lobes: 5
Alt. diameter: 84mm:3-5/16"
Alt. cone ht.: 40mm:1-9/16"
Petal length : 62mm:2-7/16"
Form: Single (occasionally with small petalodes); openly funnel-shaped; lobes moderately broad, slightly overlapping
Corolla Color As Registered
White margined with RHS 55A (deep purplish Pink) to RHS 58C (strong purplish Red); color often concentrated at petal tips in mature specimens; spotted RHS 54B (deep purplish Pink) to RHS 179C (moderate reddish Orange)

Measured 1992-93:
92: RHS 51A (strong Red) / RHS 58B (strong purplish Red)
93: RHS 54A (strong purplish Red) / RHS 54B (deep purplish Pink)

Flowers/Bud 2 fls./bud
Habit Medium height, upright, open
Flowering Period Late May

Other Images:
Red Tip
'Red Tip' with Solid Color Flower

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