Cherry Pink
Colors
RedPurplePinkWhiteOrange
Description
Cherry Pink produces 3-4 inch pink-violet flowers that form dense clusters with an almost perfectly circular shape. The petals are wide and circular with moderate overlapping and more intense pink color spreading over them, intense violet at the rim, and a reddish-eye color dusted in the center. The keeping quality is good with a mild sweet fragrance. A secondary description notes 2.5 inch light pink blooms decorated with red veining and dusting with orange eye that becomes increasingly white with age.
Appearance
Pink-violet or light pink petals; 2.5-3.5 inches; perfectly circular or almost circular petals without points; moderate to overlapping; reddish-eye center; red veining and orange eye (secondary form); not pointed.
Bloom
Very dense clusters; perfect circular shape formation.
Fragrance
Mild and sweet fragrance.
Growth & Foliage
Broad upright with medium growth.
Cultivation Tips
Good keeping quality.
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Details
Growth Habit
spreading
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Source
Thai
Size (in)
3-4
Fragrance Strength
mild sweet
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
3-4" pink-violet appear in very dense cluster. Wide and circular petals, forming a perfect circular shape. More intense pink color spreading over the petals, and intense violet color at the rim of each petal. All petals are moderate overlapping, having reddish-eye color dusted in the center. Mild and sweet fragrance with good keeping quality. 2.5" light pink, decorated with red veining and dusting and orange eye. Increasingly white with age. Petals: almost circular, not pointed, overlapping, light to medium substance. Broad upright with medium growth.
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Size3-4"
Fragrancemild sweet
Colors5
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