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'White Moon'

White Moon

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Cultivar Name 'White Moon'
Reference Number T17-7
Parentage ('Glacier' x 'Tama- giku') x 'Getsu- toku'
Published Source ARS 31(2):122; IRR 1977 (in RH 1977:125)
Spring Leaf Broadly elliptic 32mm:1-1/4" x 22mm:7/8"
Foliaceous Calyx [5]3mm:1/8" light green
Corolla Size and Shape Diameter: 89mm:3-1/2"
Cone height: 25mm:1"
No. of lobes: 6
Alt. diameter: 90mm:3-9/16"
Alt. cone ht.: 35mm:1-3/8"
Petal length : 58mm:2-5/16"
Form: Single; broadly funnel-shaped; lobes overlapping, wavy; very round and flat faced
Corolla Color As Registered
White, occasionally with sectoring RHS 43C (deep yellowish Pink); spotted RHS 149D (pale yellow Green) or, over sectoring, RHS 58B (strong purplish Red)

Measured 1992-93:
92: self-RHS 47A (moderate Red) / RHS 47B (strong Red)

Flowers/Bud 1-2 fIs./bud
Habit Low to medium height, rounded, branching fairly well
Flowering Period Early June
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