‘Holmesby Red’ [Winton-S]
| Name | Synonym of | Register number | Applicant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Holmesby Red' [Winton-S] | SRL-Sch-XXXX-0466 |
| Hybridizer | Country | Hybridizer reference | Name giver |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Winton | Australia |
| Name year | Group | Growth habit | Seedling/Sport |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUSS | seedling |
| Pod parent | Pollen parent | Pollination year | Color |
|---|---|---|---|
| pod parent unknown | pollen parent unknown | red |
| Flower class | Flower form | Color composition | Flower size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petal form | Recurved | Stamen color | Style color |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit color | Fruit edged | Flower description | Clades color |
|---|---|---|---|
| upper petals carmine with carmine-violet throats. Lower petals are more carmine. Petals have a keel line to their reverses. Flower length 6.5 cm. Upper width 5 cm., lower width 4 cm. Tube length 3.5 cm. Ovary receptacle 0.7 cm., four ribbed, deep reddish hued green. Flowers late May through early August (Australia). Note: 1) Stronger carmine hue than S. x buckleyi 'Fuchsia Form'. 2) Almost identical to cv. 'Pale Pink', just slightly paler. McM&H description: carmine with carmine-violet throat and suffusion; tube pale silvery carmine violet, filaments paler; pollen greenish carmine. |
| Clades size | Phylloclades form | Reference | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| crenate | E.B. Hoare Notes: A6-1-1; McM&H 1995: 127 |
| Grower | Distributor |
|---|---|