Peterson's Gold
Colors
CreamYellowRedPinkWhite
Description
A rapidly growing cultivar with powerful citrus fragrance and excellent tree form. Very good shape and balance with generous bloom production. Compact habit achieving significant height at maturity. Produces generous 3-inch blooms on five branches with musk-like, face cream scent.
Appearance
Smaller blooms, 3 inches. Buds are pink and white. Dark green leaves with red webbing and edges. Pink stripe on back of left petal.
Bloom
Lots of blooms on five branches. Half basketball-sized inflorescence.
Fragrance
Powerful citrusy fragrance with slight floral character. Musk-like face cream scent.
Growth & Foliage
Excellent fast grower with very good shape and balance. Compact habit with five tips at 2 feet tall. Flowing shape.
Provenance
Possibly the parent of Lurline or Kimo.
Also Known As
GoldakaHeidi. brilliant yellow w/narrow creamy white margin around petalsnot same assmall amount of white at tip; wide petalakalanceolateakablunt tipakamoderately overlapping margin rolled inward; good texture; 2 3/4"; slight lemon scentakagood keeping qualityaka
Details
Growth Habit
compact
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Size (in)
2.75
Fragrance Strength
slight lemon, powerful citrusy
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
Excellent fast grower with powerful citrusy fragrance. Trees seem to have very good shape and balance. On the back is a pink stripe down the left petal. Buds are pink and white with dark green leaves, with red webbing and edge. Is a smaller bloom, but the fragrance is overpowering, lots of blooms coming on 5 branches. Parent plant of Lurline or Kimo? Compact and has 5 tips at 2 feet tall. Slight floral. Half basket ball size inflo and the blooms are a generous 3" and it has a musk-like face cream scent, I kept it because of generous blooms and flowing shape.
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Size2.75"
Fragranceslight lemon, powerful citrusy
Colors5
Aliases7
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