A very pretty, free flowering, self branching, compact growing cultivar ideal for containers or training into fans or half standards etc. Flowers face outwards.
Tube: Pale pink 62C, short, rounded.
Sepals: Pale pink 62C, green, slightly recurved tip, horizontal.
Corolla: Violet 86B, maturing to light purple 78B, smooth overlapping petals, 1/4 flared.
Foliage: Light green.
Parentage: Julie Ann Goodwin x Shelford.
AFS 6937, BFS 294
Good Girl – No 6937 (Goodwin, 2008)
Single. Upright
COROLLA: quarter flared, smooth petal margins, bell shaped; opens violet (86B); matures light purple (78B); 20mm (3/4") long x 13mm (1/2") wide
SEPALS: horizontal, tips recurved; light pink (62C) upper & lower surfaces; 32mm (1 1/4") long x 10mm (3/8") wide
TUBE: pink (62C); medium length & thickness; 10mm (3/8") long x 6mm (1/4") wide
STAMENS extend 13mm (1/2") beyond the corolla; light reddish purple (73A) filaments; dark reddish purple (60B) anthers
PISTIL extends 32mm (1 1/4") beyond the corolla; white (155A) style & stigma
BUD is oval, pointed
FOLIAGE is greenish yellow (144A) upper surface; greenish yellow (144B) lower surface
Leaves are 56mm (2 1/4") long x 32mm (1 1/4") wide; elliptic shaped, serrate edges, acute tips, rounded bases
Veins & stems are green, branches are pink
PARENTAGE: Julie Ann Goodwin x Shelford
Small upright
Self branching
Makes good upright
Prefers overhead filtered light, cool climate
Best bloom & foliage color in filtered light
Tested 3 years in Stoke-on-Trent, England
Distinguished by erect flowers facing away from the plant.
BFS Reg No: 294
Release year: 2010
Reg date: 09/06/2014
Growth: self branching
Height: 30-60cm (1-2ft)
Flower type: single
Flower size: medium
Tube colour: Pink 62C
Sepal colour: Light pink 62C
Sepal shape: horizontal recurved
Corolla colour: Violet 86B
Corolla shape: Quarter Flared
Free flowering: yes
Foliage size: medium
Foliage colour: Light green 144A on upper surface and green144B on lower surface.
Hardy: no
Hybridiser: Gordon A Goodwin
Country: UK
Seed Parent: Julie Ann Goodwin
Pollen_Parent: Shelford
Years Tested: 3
Tested Where: Stoke on Trent:
Flower Size | |
Medium (3 - 4.5cm) | # |
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Flower Type | |
Single | # |
Habit | |
Compact Bush | # |
Hardiness | |
H2 (Min 1°C to 5°C) | # |