Towers Pink
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. Rounded yet sparsely branched growth. Moderate to dense flowering. Leaves are acuminate, oblanceolate, dark olive green upper. Pale green lower. Petiole is pale green; veins are Pale green on upper surface, same colour on lower surface. Pale Mauve/Pink with Yellow center. Darker Mauve/Pink towards centre, to lighter pink tips. Darker mauve/pink on trailing petal edge, to lighter pink on leading edge on back. Some veining from flower centre outwards to petal tip. Consistently large at 10cm plus. Elliptical petal, tip slightly pointed. No overlap. No scent. Mauve/Pink buds. Poor keeping quality. Fades to white with some yellow in the centre. Although this flower has some resemblance to Aussie Pink its blooms are consistently half again as large and the bloom stalk is far longer. This occurs on all trees albeit cuttings or mature specimens. Towers Pink leaves are Oblanceolate while Aussie Pink’s are more Elliptic. Tracy's Sunset an amazing butter yellow color. The yellow extends right through the petal to the tips. This flowers later in the season but lasts right through to the end. Popular for its large buttercup flowers. This pure solid gold flower is very sweetly lemon smelling.
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