‘Gekko’ [Satsuki]
‘Gekko’ [Satsuki] Photo © Jim Trumbly |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Gekko’ | Satsuki | Evergreen | |||
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| Zone 7, at least | ‘Harugasumi’ sport | ||||
| Upright, moderate rate of growth. Flowers variable: 1) white with numerous flakes of pink, 2) often bicolor: white with light to vivid purplish-pink margins. Single, funnel-shaped, with rounded, broadly overlapping lobes and wavy margins, 2-2 ½” wide. Blooms Satsuki early to midseason (early June in Oak Hill, VA). Leaves somewhat narrow, medium in size. Hardy to -5/Zone 7, at least. ‘Harugasumi’ sport. Translation: “Moonlight”. BG 0367. Registered 1964 and 1966. Page 251. | |||||