‘W. Freund’

 

Name	Synonym of	Register number	Applicant
'W. Freund'		SRL-Sch-XXXX-1700

Hybridizer	Country	Hybridizer reference	Name giver
Curt Knebel	Germany

Name year	Group	Growth habit	Seedling/Sport
	RUSS

Pod parent	Pollen parent	Pollination year	Color
			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 magenta to bright magenta with pale silvery carmine-violet throats. Lower petals magenta with pale silvery carmine-violet throats. Flower length 6.5 cm. Upper width 5.5 cm., lower width 4.5 cm. Tube length 4 cm. Ovary receptacle 0.6 cm., five ribbed, amber green. Blooms early May to mid July. Note: 1) Tube more silvery and flower paler than S x buckleyi 'FF'. 2) cv. 'Holmesby Red' is paler, more carmine with carmine-violet throat. 3) 'W.L. Freund' is paler, more magenta pink with less silver to the tube, and a more reflexed, reverse umbrella flower than cv. 'Le Vesuv'.

Clades size	Phylloclades form	Reference	Comments
		E.B. Hoare Notes: A6-1-4	E.B. Hoare cited the hybridizer as Curt Knebel. Sometimes referred to as 'Freund Wegener' (Friend Wegener).

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