‘Fancy Face’ [McDonald]
‘Fancy Face’ [McDonald] Photo © Sandra McDonald |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Fancy Face’ | McDonald | Pink,White | Early | Evergreen | |
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 4' | At Least 5 degrees F. | Unknown (pink deWilde rogue) fls pink 3.5 | Blushing Angel | ||
| Hose in hose Evergreen azalea: unknown (s) X 'Blushing Angel' H: S. McDonald (1984), G: S. McDonald (1987), N: S. McDonald (2001), REG: S. McDonald (2001) Fls 3/domed truss, hose-in-hose, open funnel-shaped, 40 x 65mm, with 5+5 wavy-edged lobes, white, with deep pink (50B) stripes in bud, opening inside white, with deep pink (50B) stripes and flecks, outside white, similarly marked. Calyx 40mm long, coloured as corolla. Spring lvs elliptic, 40 x 20mm, margins flat, acute at apex, cuneate at base, semi-glossy and strong yellow-green (144A) above, hairy (hairs white when young, nearly white with age). Shrub 1.2 x 1.9m in 16 years. Early. (Seed parent an evergreen azalea rogue in de Wilde greenhouses: fls single, 90mm wide, pink; late) | |||||