‘April Elaine Sanborn’ [Stewart]
‘April Elaine Sanborn’ [Stewart] Photo © Carolyn Beck |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘April Elaine Sanborn’ | Stewart | Early Midseason | Evergreen | ||
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 2' | 2 1/2' | Zone 7 | CB #1, unnamed hybrid grown by Cliff Brown | ‘Nancy of Robinhill’, Robin Hill | |
| 2’ tall x 2 1/2’ wide with an dense habit. Flowers in tints of Strong Pink (48C & D) with a few Deep Pink (52C) stripes and a Vivid Purplish-Red (61C) blotch. Single, some with a few petaloid stamens, oval-rounded, overlapping lobes with wavy edges, 2 1/4” wide x 1 3/4” long, 1-3 per cluster. Blooms early-midseason (early May in Oak Hill, VA). Calyx Light Yellow-Green (138D), 3 1/16” long. Foliage Moderate Olive-Green (137B), semiglossy. Leaf shape: elliptic with a cuneate base and acuminate tip, up to 2 1/4” long x 1” wide. Zone 7. Cross: CB #1, unnamed hybrid grown by Cliff Brown x ‘Nancy of Robinhill’, Robin Hill. Selection number: RBS 121. Breeder code: #25-94-2. | |||||