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'Dorothy Hayden'

Dorothy Hayden

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Cultivar Name 'Dorothy Hayden'
Reference Number T5-2
Parentage ('Glacier' x ('Louise Gable' x Gable G8G)) x 'Getsu-toku'
Published Source ARS 31(2):118; IRR 1977 (in RH 1977:112)
Spring Leaf Broadly elliptic 29mm:1-1/8" x 19mm:3/4"
Foliaceous Calyx [6]3mm:1/8" light green
Corolla Size and Shape Diameter : 95mm:3-3/4"
Cone height: 51mm:2"
No. of lobes: 5
Alt. diameter: 90mm:3-9/16"
Alt. cone ht.: 30mm:1-3/16"
Petal length : 66mm:2-5/8"
Form: Single; tubular [to openly] funnel shaped; flat faced; lobes frilled [very wavy]
Corolla Color As Registered
White; dorsal throat and upper lobes spotted RHS 149D (pale Yellow Green) [to RHS 145B/ C (light Yellow Green)]

Measured 1992-93:
92: RHS 156D (yellowish White) /RHS 192D (greenish White)

Flowers/Bud 1-2 fls./bud
Habit Dwarf [low]; rounded, well branched
Flowering Period End of May, early June

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