‘Eve Harrison’ [Stewart]
‘Eve Harrison’ [Stewart] Photo © Carolyn Beck |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Eve Harrison’ | Stewart | Early Midseason | Evergreen | ||
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| 3 1/2’ | 3 1/2’ | Zone 7 | ‘Mrs. Nancy Dipple, Schroeder | ‘Satellite’, Belgian Indian by Klupenger | |
| 3 1/2’ tall x 3 1/2’ wide with an intermediate habit. Flowers in tints of Light Purple (84C) with a few Light Purple (84B) stripes and lines. Double hose-in-hose with up to 30 (10 + 10 + 5 + 5) petals, broad funnel-shaped with oval-rounded, overlapping lobes and wavy edges, 2 3/4” wide x 1 3/4” long, 2-3 per cluster. Blooms early-midseason (early May in Oak Hill, VA). Calyx absent. Foliage Moderate Yellow-Green (darker than 138A), semiglossy. Leaf shape: elliptic with a cuneate base and acuminate tip, concave (side to side), downcurved (base to tip), up to 2 1/4” long x 1 1/4” wide. Zone 7. Cross: ‘Mrs. Nancy Dipple, Schroeder x ‘Satellite’, Belgian Indian by Klupenger. Selection number: RBS 214. Breeder code: #2-97-12. Named for Eve Harrison to thank her for serving as President of the Northern Virginia Chapter and Vice-President of the ASA. | |||||