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'Wee Willie'

Wee Willie

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Cultivar Name 'Wee Willie'
Reference Number V2-10
Parentage 'Shinnyo-no-tsuki' x ('Louise Gable' x 'Tama-giku')
Published Source IRR 1991/92
Spring Leaf Elliptic to narrowly obovate 26mm:1" x 12mm:1/2"
Foliaceous Calyx 3mm:1/8" light Yellow Green (145C)
Corolla Size and Shape Diameter: 68mm:2-11/16"
Cone height: 27mm:1-1/16"
No. of lobes : 5
Alt. diameter: 54mm:2-1/8"
Alt. cone ht.: 28mm:1-1/8"
Petal length : 38mm:1-1/2"
Form: Single, broadly funnel-shaped, lobes broadly overlapping, wavy-edged
Corolla Color As Registered
Light tint of RHS 52D (strong Pink) to RHS 54D (moderate purplish Pink), sometimes with very slight reddish Orange haze; throat slightly greenish White; spotted faint tint of RHS 55B (strong purplish Pink)

Measured 1992-93:
92: RHS 54D (moderate purplish Pink) / RHS 51D (moderate Pink)
93: RHS 51D / RHS 49B (moderate Pink)

Flowers/Bud 2 fls./bud
Habit Dwarf [low], mounding, dense
Flowering Period Early June

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