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£2.25
Currently Unavailable
Hybridiser: Waldenmaier, Henk, (NL)
Year Introduced: 1989
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Really hardy, to -20°C, yet tolerates full sun. Graceful and utterly gorgeous.

Tube: Pale orange 20D, slim.

Sepals: Pale orange above, pink 36A below, green recurved tip, held fully down.

Corolla: Dark red purple 60C, matures red purple 61B, 1/4 flared. Smooth petals form a bell shape.

Parentage: Suikerbossie x Glitters.

AFS 2696, NKvF 2365

WALZ SPRIETJE - No. 2696 (Waldenmaier, 1990)

Single

Upright/trailer

Quarter flared bell shaped 13mm (1/2") long x 8mm (1/4") wide COROLLA opens dark reddish purple (60C) maturing to reddish purple (61B) with smooth petal edges

Fully down 20mm (3/4") long x 5mm (1/8") wide SEPALS are pale orange (20D) on the upper surface, pink (36A) on the lower surface with green recurved tips

Proportionately medium length 14mm (1/2") long x 3mm (1/8") wide pale orange (20D) TUBE is proportionately thin

STAMENS extend 10mm (3/8") beyond corolla with light pink (65C) filaments and dark rose (64C) anthers

PISTIL extends 10mm beyond corolla with light pink (65C) style and light yellow (8C) stigma

30mm (1 1/8") long x 8mm wide BUD

FOLIAGE is yellowish green (146B) with 60mm (2 3/8") long x 30mm (1 1/8") wide lanceolate shaped leaves, serrate edges, acute tips and bases

Veins, stems and branches are green

PARENTAGE: 'Suikerbossie' x 'Glitters'

Medium upright, basket, standard or pillar

Prefers overhead filtered light to full sun in a cool climate with best bloom color in bright light and is heat tolerant if shaded

Cold weather hardy to -20°C

Award of Merit, VKC Aalsmeer, The Netherlands

Tested 7 years in Schaijk, The Netherlands and 2 years for hardiness NKVFV

Distinguished by: hardiness, bloom color.

Flower: some fairly slim hanging flower; . magellanica flower shape in cream color red flower

Flower tube: thin and relatively long; dim. 17 x 4 mm; creamy pink with green stripes.

Sepals: narrow; half beaten down; tops bowed; dim. 40 x 4 mm, outside: cream with pink tinge (155B) inside: cream pink (62C); the tips are bright green.

Petals: the crown is ¼ outstanding; the petals are relatively long and relatively narrow; dim. 11 x 7 mm, color: bright purple (61B), baby pink (52A) at the base; faint darker veins; . velvety touch.

Filament: pink.

Anther: pink.

Style: relatively long; . light pink

Stigma: cream; lobed.

Flowering: mild to very mild.

Flowering: normal.

Bud: extremely oblong.

Leaf: medium; dim. 80 x 40 mm; elliptical; pointed tip; blunt foot; coarsely toothed edge; color: medium green, top (147A), bottom (147B); Green grain; something pink stem.

Growth habit: upright slender growth with arching branches.

Growing Method: halfhanger or shrub (with support) to place in bright light.

Details: botrytis sensitive, ensiling is possible, but better overwintered in the greenhouse.

Awards
Other Awards VKC AM
Flower Size
Small (1.5 - 3cm) #
Flower Type
Single #
Habit
Semi Trailing #
Hardiness
H6 (Min -20°C to -15°C) #