Sandburg
Classification:
9 W-GYO[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1979
Hybridizer:

Mary Lou Gripshover

Columbus, Ohio, USA; Franklin, Tennessee; Milford, Ohio

Mary Lou Gripshover
, Ohio, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2005
Seed Parent: 
Dactyl 9 W-GYR 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1923
(Glory of Lisse x unknown) ?
Dactyl
Pollen Parent: 
Evans 9 W-R seedling
Seedling Number:
73-22-17
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 61 mm wide; perianth segments very broad in outline, blunt or somewhat truncate at apex, prominently mucronate, reflexed, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, with margins recurved at base and wavy above; corona disc-shaped, lightly ribbed. Sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

Part of Gripshover’s “Poet Series.” Named after the American poet.

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SandburgSandburg, 9 W-GYO, Mary Lou Gripshover, United States, 2005
Photo #34584 Kirby Fong, USASandburgSandburg, 9 W-GYO, Mary Lou Gripshover, United States, 2005
Photo #12671 Mary Lou Gripshover, USASandburgSandburg, 9 W-GYO, Mary Lou Gripshover, United States, 2005
Photo #12670 Mary Lou Gripshover, USASandburgSandburg, 9 W-GYO, Mary Lou Gripshover, United States, 2005
Photo #5839 Tom Stettner, USA