Palindrome
Colors
WhiteRedPurplePink
Description
A unique cultivar producing 3 inch pink and white blooms with a large, fiery red starburst center, resembling a cross between Gina and Christina. Unlike most blooms that pale and fade with age, these colors become darker and richer. Lavender edges appear with heat. It has good substance and a minty scent. Features thick, compact, beefy branches with slow growth but highly robust character, tending to produce blooms before leaves.
Appearance
3 inch pink and white with large fiery red starburst center, lavender edges in heat, good substance.
Bloom
Tends to produce blooms before leaves.
Fragrance
Minty scent.
Growth & Foliage
Slow growing but robust, thick compact beefy branches, highly compact growth habit.
Also Known As
Details
Hybridizer
Jungle Jack
Growth Habit
compact
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Source
JJ
Size (in)
3
Fragrance Strength
minty
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
Unique 3" pink and white blooms with a large, fiery red starburst center, resembling a cross between our Gina and Christina. Unlike most blooms that get paler and fade with age, her colors become darker and richer. With heat, the lavender edges show. Good substance and a minty scent. Thick, compact and beefy branches on a slow growing but very robust tree with a highly compact growth habit. Tends to produce blooms before leaves.
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Size3"
Fragranceminty
Colors4
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