‘Barbara Simone Kirkwood’ [Stewart]
‘Barbara Simone Kirkwood’ [Stewart] Photo © Carolyn Beck |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Barbara Simone Kirkwood’ | Stewart | White | Early Midseason | Evergreen | |
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 4' | 4' | Zone 7 | 'Asahi Sakigake', Belgian Indian | 'Quakeress', Glenn Dale | |
| Description: 4’ tall x 4’ wide with an intermediate habit. Flowers highly variable: 1) white, 2) white with Strong Purplish-Red (67B) stripes and lines; 3) Light Purplish-Pink (65B) with Strong Purplish-Red (67B) stripes and lines and irregular white margin; 4) Strong Purplish-Red (67B) selfs. The blotch is a Light Yellow-Green (145C) on the white areas; Strong Purplish Red (67B) on the pink background; slightly darker purplish-red on the purplish-red fields. Single, most with some petaloid stamens, funnel-shaped with oval-rounded, frilly edged lobes, 3 ¼” wide x 2” long, 2-3 per cluster. Blooms early midseason (early May in Oak Hill, VA). Calyx Strong Yellow-Green (143C), ½” long. Foliage Strong Yellow-Green (143A), semiglossy. Leaves elliptic with a cuneate base, acute tip, flat margins, downcurved base to tip, concave side to side, up to 2 3/8” long x 1 7/16” wide. Hardy to 0 F, at least. RBS 109. Breeder code: #16-98-1. 'Asahi Sakigake', Belgian Glenn Dale x 'Quakeress', Glenn Dale. Named for Barbara Kirkwood, a very active member of the Northern Virginia Chapter in which she served as the President for many years. Barbara was highly instrumental in the establishment of the Klimavicz Legacy Garden in the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, VA. | |||||