‘Hale Booth’ [Stewart]
‘Hale Booth’ [Stewart] Photo © Carolyn Beck |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Hale Booth’ | Stewart | Early Midseason | Evergreen | ||
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 1 1/2' | 1 1/2' | Zone 7 | 'Asahi Sakigake', Belgian Glenn Dale x 'Margaret Douglas', Back Acres | ('Linwood Salmon', Linwood x CB 11, unnamed hybrid raised by Cliff Brown) x 'Saybrook Glory', Schroeder | |
| 1 ½’ tall x 1 ½’ wide with a dense habit. Buds Strong Red (47B) with a creamy-white base. Flowers bicolor: White to Strong Pink (lighter than 48C) center with Deep Yellowish-Pink (47C) margins of varying widths. Single with petaloid stamens, funnel-shaped, rounded, overlapping lobes with frilly edges, 2 ½” wide x 2 ¼” long, 1-3 per cluster. Blotch is a faint yellow-green. Blooms early midseason (early May in Oak Hill, VA). Calyx Strong Yellow-Green (141C), 1/8” long. Foliage Moderate Yellow-Green (138A), semiglossy. Leaves elliptic with a rounded base and broadly acute tip, concave (side-to-side), downcurved (base-to-tip), up to 1 ½” long x 1” wide. Zone 7; hardy to 0 F. Selection number: RBS 75. Breeder code: #4-1998-1. Cross: ('Asahi Sakigake', Belgian Glenn Dale x 'Margaret Douglas', Back Acres) x (['Linwood Salmon', Linwood x CB 11, unnamed hybrid raised by Cliff Brown[ x 'Saybrook Glory', Schroeder). Named for Hale Booth, who has served the ASA as Director and Chair of the Research Fund Committee. He has authored articles for "The Azalean" and made presentations to various groups. Hale is a member of the Vaseyi Chapter. | |||||