Todd's Texas Twister
UnverifiedPSA #271
Colors
RedYellowWhitePink
Description
Cultivar #271 producing 3" flowers with a yellow center, white edges, and maroon bands. Petals are shell-shaped, rounded, moderately overlapped with slightly upturned inner edges and ruffled edges. Keeping quality and fade tendency are average. The plant is a compact, slow grower with good branching and oblanceolate short dark green leaves with blunt obtuse tips and red leaf borders. An open-pollinated seedling of unknown parentage; considered a poor bloomer despite its nice scent.
Appearance
3" flowers with yellow center, white edges, and maroon bands. Moderately overlapped, shell-shaped rounded petals with slightly upturned inner edges and ruffled edges.
Bloom
Poor bloomer.
Fragrance
Rose fragrance.
Growth & Foliage
Compact slow grower with good branching. Oblanceolate short dark green leaves with blunt obtuse tips and red leaf borders.
Provenance
Open-pollinated seedling of unknown parentage.
Also Known As
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Parentage
Seedling of Open pollinated
Growth Habit
compact
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
PSA #
271
Size (in)
3
Fragrance Strength
bands
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
#271 3" yellow twisted with maroon bands, rose fragrance. 3" yellow center with white edges. Moderately overlapped shell shaped rounded petals. Slightly upturned inner edges, and ruffled edges and maroon bands with rose fragrance. Keeping quality is average with an average tendency to fade. Compact slow grower. Branching is good. Oblanceolate short dark green leaves have blunt obtuse tips and red leaf borders. Open pollinated seedling on unknown parentage. Poor bloomer, nice scent.
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Size3"
Fragrancebands
Colors4
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