‘Venus' Baby’ [McDonald]
‘Venus' Baby’ [McDonald] Photo © Paul James |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Venus' Baby’ | McDonald | Pink-Light | Late Midseason | Evergreen | |
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 2 ½’ | 2 1/4' | 0° F | Forcing azalea 'Venus' by Henson | 'Girard's Hot Shot' | |
| 2 ½’ x 2 ¼’ wide (4’ x 3.7’ in 16 years from seed), upright, spreading. Flowers pale purplish-pink (65B, C) with a white blotch and light green spotted throat. Semidouble with occasional petaloid stamens, open funnel shape with 5 wavy-edged lobes of heavy substance, 2 per bud, 4.2” wide x 2.4”. Slightly fragrant. Blooms heavily, mid May in Hampton, VA. Calyx light green, 0.3” long. Spring leaves glossy, moderate yellow-green (147B) above with discrete hairs above and below that are white maturing to white or pale gold. Petiole is also hairy. Leaf shape: obovate, acute apex, cuneate base, 2.4” long x 1.25”. Plant and bud hardy to 0 F, at least. | |||||