Char
Classification:
2 YYW-YRR[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Year of first flowering:
1986
Registered:
Yes, 1999
Seed Parent: 
Milestone 2 Y-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1968
Leonaine x open pollinated
Milestone
Pollen Parent: 
Hicol 2 Y-P 
David S. Bell, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1971
Red Conquest x Red Conquest
Hicol
Seedling Number:
81-162-1
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 80 mm wide, facing up; perianth segments ovate, acute, bright yellow, with white at base, the white with a red sheen on it, spreading, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, with midrib showing; the inner segments narrower; corona cylindrical, smooth below, ribbed in upper half, pinkish red, with yellow in lower third, mouth straight and frilled, rim flanged and dentate. Sweetly scented

Origin of Name

Named for a remarkable nurse who succumbed to cancer.

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