‘Carol Segree’ [Stewart]


‘Carol Segree’ [Stewart]

Photo © Carolyn Beck

Cultivar: Group: Color: Blooms: Type: Reg Ref:
‘Carol Segree’ Stewart Early Midseason Evergreen
Height: Width: Hardy: Other Name(s): Seed Parent: Pollen Parent:
3' 3' Zone 7 ‘Haru-no-Hibiki’, Belgian Glenn Dale ‘Karee Lynn’, Stewart
3’ tall x 3’ wide with a dense to intermediate habit. Flowers tonal: very light purplish-pink (lighter than 75C), shading to cream in various areas, with a light yellow-green (142C) blotch. Single with some petaloid stamens, funnel-shaped with rounded, overlapping lobes, frilly edges, 3” wide x 2 1/4” long, 2-3 per cluster. Blooms early-midseason (early May in Oak Hill, VA). Calyx Moderate Yellow Green (138B), 1/2” long. Foliage Moderate Olive-Green (137B), semiglossy. Leaf shape: elliptic with a cuneate base and acuminate tip, concave (side-to-side), downcurved (base to tip), up to 3” long x 1 1/2” wide. Zone 7. Selection number: RBS 107. Breeder code: #2-02-5. Cross: ‘Haru-no-Hibiki’, Belgian Glenn Dale x ‘Karee Lynn’, Stewart. Named for Carol Segree for all her efforts in getting a Marshy Point Legacy Project established at London Town Gardens in Edgewater, Maryland.