Soft Ruby
Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2000
Hybridizer:
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2010
Seed Parent:
Presidential Pink 2 W-P
Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year Registered: 1985
[(Mabel Taylor x Green Island) x Caro Nome] x Space Ship
Presidential Pink
Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year Registered: 1985
[(Mabel Taylor x Green Island) x Caro Nome] x Space Ship
Presidential PinkPollen Parent:
Quasar 2 W-PPR
Murray Evans, United States
Year Registered: 1977
Cordial x Precedent
Quasar
Murray Evans, United States
Year Registered: 1977
Cordial x Precedent
QuasarSeedling Number:
21-00
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments
Fl. 107mm diameter; perianth segments 40mm long, very broadly ovate, spreading, concave; 27mm long, cup-shaped, smooth corona, soft mid-pink, mouth straight, lightly ribbed; sunproof; strongly scented.
Origin of Name
Named for the hybridizer’s great granddaughter and for its soft color;
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Soft Ruby, 2 W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #11222 Kirby Fong, USA
Soft Ruby, 2 W-P, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2010
Photo #10524 Gordon Coombes, New Zealand
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