Pink Silk
Classification:
1 W-P[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1980
Awards:
Seed Parent: 
At Dawning 1 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1975
Radiation x Rima
At Dawning
Pollen Parent: 
Graduation 2 W-WWP 
Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year Registered: 1975
Empress of Ireland x Accent
Graduation
Seedling Number:
NEJ11/1
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
8 times as seed, 19 times as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 95 mm wide, smooth and of good substance; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth, with margins slightly incurling, overlapping half; inner segments more narrowly ovate, a little inflexed, with margins sometimes wavy; corona funnel-shaped, angled, pale pink at base, shading to bright pink at rim, mouth ribbed and flared, wavy, rim minutely and regularly crenate. Resembles a larger and more brightly colored ‘At Dawning’.

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Pink SilkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #53524 John E. Colley, England
Pink SilkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #53523 John E. Colley, England
Pink SilkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #49850 Lawrence Trevanion, Australia
Pink SilkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #48617 Kirby Fong, USA
Pink SilkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #47096 David Liedlich, USA
Pink SilkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #47095 David Liedlich, USA
Pink SilkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #46512 John F. McLennan, New Zealand
Pink SilkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #32218 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USA
Pink silkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #24588 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand
Pink silkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #11813 Ben Blake, USA
Pink silkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #10118 Paul Botting, USA
Pink silkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #8838 Ian Scroggy, Northern Ireland
Pink silkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #7767 Ralph Sowell, USA
Pink silkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #7698 Ian Scroggy, Northern Ireland
Pink silkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #5811 Tom Stettner, USA
Pink silkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #5810 Tom Stettner, USA
Pink silkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #4245 Tony James, England
Pink silkPink Silk, 1 W-P, Richard and Elise Havens, United States, 1980
Photo #3770 Elise Havens, USA