■(SIB) 'Band Of Angels'

1996, Hollingworth

'Band Of Angels' (Robert Hollingworth, R. 1996). Seedling 91Y1A1. SIB (tet.), height 31" (79 cm). Late midseason bloom. Standards and style arms medium blue violet, reddish tinge; style arms broad, short; Falls medium blue violet, large cream to gold blaze, clear cream marginal band. Seedling 84X7B2: (seedling 81A3C5: (induced tet. seedling 79F1(T): ('Dreaming Spires' x unknown) x induced tet. seedling 78G2(T): ('Cambridge' x unknown)) x seedling 80X2C11 induced tet.: ('Forrest McCord' x seedling 78H3, sibling)) X seedling 87O6B9, 'Strawberry Fair' sibling. Windwood Gardens 1996. Honorable Mention 1999.

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From Windwood Gardens catalog, 2008: BAND OF ANGELS (1996) 31" M-L. tet. Perfect spear-like foliage and mid blue-purple flowers with a large creamy-yellow blaze and a clear creamy band around the falls. The tailored flowers are relatively flat with down-turned tips on the falls, but notably full because of overlapping parts. Standards and stylearms have some redder tones. One branch with 3-4 buds. Extremely fertile for a tetraploid. HM 1999. $5.00

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