Mellow Yellow
UnverifiedPSA #229
Colors
Yellow
Description
Elizabeth Thornton hybrid, cultivar #229. Produces 3-inch flowers with wide, elliptical, highly overlapping petals with rounded tips and no bands on front or back. Texture is heavy, keeping quality is good. Compact tree with an unusual swooping growth habit, where branches grow outward and then turn upward. Blooms in big, fragrant bunches. Hard to root and one of the harder Elizabeth Thornton hybrids to find. Has a tendency toward lanky growth but can form three-way tip splits with an inflorescence. Sets seed.
Appearance
Wide, elliptical, highly overlapping petals with rounded tips; no bands on front or back; heavy texture; 3 inches.
Bloom
Blooms in big, fragrant bunches; three-way tip splits can form with an inflorescence.
Fragrance
Powerful citrus, reminiscent of lemon pie; mildly sweet.
Growth & Foliage
Compact tree with an unusual swooping habit where branches grow outward and then turn upward; tendency to be lanky.
Cultivation Tips
Hard to root.
Provenance
Elizabeth Thornton hybrid #229.
Also Known As
Details
Hybridizer
Thornton
Growth Habit
compact
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
Yes
Source
Thornton
PSA #
229
Size (in)
3
Fragrance Strength
mild sweet, big, citrus
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
#229 petal wide, elliptical, round tip, highly overlapping, no bands on front or back; heavy texture; 3"; mild sweet fragrance; good keeping quality. Elizabeth Thornton hybrid - very fragrant lemon pie. A compact tree with a strange growing habit. It "swoops" - the branches can grow outward and then turn upward. One of the hardest to find of the Elizabeth Thornton hybrids. Blooms in big fragrant bunches. Hard to root. Powerfully citrus fragrant. This one has been lanky, yet can make 3-tips with an inflo. Sets seed.
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Size3"
Fragrancemild sweet, big, citrus
Colors1
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