‘Ryan Michael’ [Bowie Mill]
‘Ryan Michael’ [Bowie Mill] Photo © Carolyn Beck |
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| Cultivar: | Group: | Color: | Blooms: | Type: | Reg Ref: |
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| ‘Ryan Michael’ | Bowie Mill | Pink,Purple | Late Midseason | Evergreen | |
| Height: | Width: | Hardy: | Other Name(s): | Seed Parent: | Pollen Parent: |
| -8 F | 'Pixie' | Unnamed hybrid ST-4 | |||
| 3 ½’ x 3 ½’ wide (3’ x 3’ in 8 years, 4 ½’ x 4’ in 16 years), upright, open habit. Flowers deep purplish-pink (68A) with bright rose spotting on the standard and upper wings. Hose-in-hose, broadly funnel-shaped, with very ruffled edges, 3 per head, 2 ½” x 1 ¾” long. Blooms very heavily late midseason; late May in Derwood, MD. After the plant is 5-6 years old, it may exhibit large groups of flowers at some terminal ends; 6-8 per cluster. Calyx absent. Leaves moderate olive-green (146A) with discrete yellow hairs below and on petiole; elliptic, upcurved edges, cuneate base, acuminate apex, 1 ¼” long. Plant and bud hardy to -8 F, at least. | |||||