‘Blushing Angel’ [McDonald]
‘Blushing Angel’ [McDonald] Photo © Sandra McDonald |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Blushing Angel’ | McDonald | White | Midseason | Evergreen | |
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 24 | At Least 5 F. | Dainty Rose | Ho-O? | ||
| 24"x 26" in 6 years. White with irregular pink margins. Hose-in-hose. Blooms early; mid to late April in SE Virginia. Moderate yellow green 5GY 5/6 to moderate olive green 5GY 4/3 dull. Zone 7. Evergreen azalea: 'Dainty Rose' {s) X unknown G: S. McDonald, l; S. McDonald {1982), REG: S. McDonald {1983) Fls hose-in-hose, 3/truss, 30 x 40mm, open funnel-shaped, 5+5-lobed, buds white, tipped pink, opening white with moderate pink {2.5R 8/5) tips to lobes. Calyx 30mm long, coloured as corolla. Lvs elliptic to narrowly obovate, 25 x 13mm, moderate yellow-green {5GY 5/6) to moderate olive green (5GY 4/3) - (some vivid yellow 2.5Y 8/12 in autumn) - hairy. Shrub 0.6m in 6 years. (Open-pollinated seed collected 1974) | |||||