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Cooktown Sunset

Colors
CreamYellowBrownGoldenWhitePinkOrangeRed

Description

Features a beautiful tropical mix of orange and pink colors in 3 to 4-inch flowers with fruity and spicy fragrance. The plant produces large, full flower heads highly visible from a distance. It has average to upright growth with very tall habit but is temperamental, difficult to bloom, and dies back in winter. Very slow to root (approximately 6 months) but easy to graft. Either a seedling of Ruby Gold or one of its parents. The flowers display an intense rainbow of reddish-pink to hot pink to yellow with petals slightly overlapped and sweet gardenia fragrance. The plant grows tall with bright multicolor flowers. The back shows thick bands of yellow fading to white then cerise, with slight veins. Petals are 8 cm with acuminate pointed tips, overlapping neatly with intense color. Depending on the season, the flowers fade to pale yellow and pale cerise. The blooms show 60-40% yellow-cerise coloration.

Appearance

3 to 4-inch multicolor flowers with yellow, pink, red, and orange bands. Petals show 8 cm length with acuminate pointed tips and neat overlapping. Color includes thick bands of yellow fading to white then cerise on the back.

Bloom

3 to 4-inch flowers in dense round clusters, free-flowering habit producing large, full heads.

Fragrance

Medium-strong combined fruity and spicy fragrance, or sweet gardenia fragrance. Some descriptions note Cherry Kool-Aid scent.

Growth & Foliage

Tall, open, and rounded growth with long, leggy branches. Floppy growth that needs staking. Acuminate, elliptic, mid-green leaves with red veins, red leaf edges, and red-brown petioles.

Cultivation Tips

Temperamental and tough to bloom. Dies back in winter. Very slow to root (6 months), but easy to graft. Performs better with low water. Needs excellent soil porosity to survive in cold climates.

Provenance

Either a seedling of Ruby Gold or one of its parents.

Also Known As

DJ's ConfettiakaRose of the TropicsakaCol's Cooktown SunsetakaCarnavon SunsetakaBerries & CreamakaWeipa SunsetakaDarwin SunsetakaDarwin RainbowakaTanjeloakaet alaka

Details

Parentage
Seedling of Either a
Growth Habit
upright
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Size (in)
3-4
Fragrance Strength
fruity spicy, floral, sweet ga
Anecdotal Notes
Diana

Not Cookstown (sic). Orange and Pink 3-4” with fruity and spicy fragrance. Beautiful tropical mix of colors. 3" and a great fragrance. Large, full heads which are highly visible even from a distance. Average to upright growth habit. Very tall. Temperamental, tough to bloom, dies back in winter. Tough to root, but easy to graft. Lovely bright yellow with pinkish-red band and a floral scent. Either a seedling of Ruby Gold or one of the parents of Ruby Gold. A nice intense rainbow of reddish-pink to hot pink to yellow, petal slightly overlapped with a sweet gardenia fragrance, 3", hot pink band on the back. Tall tree with bright 3" multicolor fruit salad flowers. Floppy, needs to be staked. Very slow to root – 6 months. Performs better with low water. Tall. Open and rounded—branches long and leggy shape. Dense round clusters, free flowering. Acuminate, Elliptic, Mid Green leaves, Red veins with red leaf edge, Petiole are Red / Brown and smooth (glabrous). Yellow and cerise, yellow band and cerise band both come from the centre. Golden yellow on leading edge, blending to Cerise on trailing edge for entire length of petals. 60/40 % yellow cerise. Thick band of yellow fading to thin band of white then thick band of cerise on back. Slight veins. 8 cm, acuminate with pointed tip, Petals overlap neatly, color is intense. Scent is medium-strong, combined fruity and spicy. Pink buds. Depending on time of year, fades to pale yellow and pale cerise. Needs excellent soil porosity to survive in cold climates. Cool Aid grape kool-aid scent, medium to light pink, but not a bright or eye catching pink, fades considerably in one day in the Florida sun. Large well shaped flowers with Cherry Kool Aid fragrance. Pink with a grainy look. 2.5” with a cherry cool-aid fragrance. Good keeping quality. Upright with medium wood and a heavy bloomer. Pink with egg yolk orange center. 4" Round shaped slightly overlapping flowers. The flowers fade to almost white with a yellow throat and a pink line on the margin of the back. Nice 3" mauve blooms, medium grower. Sets seed.

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Quick Facts

Size3-4"
Fragrancefruity spicy, floral, sweet ga
Colors8
Aliases10