‘My Li'l Tonto’ [Bowie Mill]
‘My Li'l Tonto’ [Bowie Mill] Photo © Buck Clagett |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘My Li'l Tonto’ | Bowie Mill | Late Midseason | Evergreen | ||
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 1’ | -12 F | ‘Christina’ | ‘Shinnyo-no-Tsuki’ | ||
| 1’ x ¾’ wide (2’ x 1.2” wide in 20 years), intermediate habit. Buds vivid red (44A) with deep yellowish-pink (39B). Flower inside vivid red (44A) with varying amounts of deep yellowish-pink (39B) at center of each lobe. Flower outside vivid red (44A) with deep yellowish-pink (39B) midribs. Double hose-in-hose with 17-18 frilly-edged, rounded, overlapping lobes, broad funnel-shape, 3 per terminal, 2” x 1” long. Blooms late May in Derwood, MD. Leaves semiglossy, moderate olive-green (147A) to moderate yellow-green (147C) above. Leaf shape: elliptic, broadly acute apex, cuneate base, flat edges, 0.8” x 0.3” wide. Plant and bud hardy to -12F, at least. | |||||