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"Bloomstalk and flower as much as 6 1/2 " tall. The flattened flower is about 1" in height from the lowest fall to the highest standard, both flaring horizontally outward. The fall makes a radius of 1 1/2 " making a flower of 3 " in diameter. The standards are overall a light lavender with a slightly darker blush about midway up and around the midrib, and fading lighter to the base. The style arms similar in color with crests of 1/4" with a slightly toothed margin. The falls are 3/4" wide towards their end and with three prominent ridges making up the crest. The outer ridges are toothed marked with purple dashes at their white base turning to orange dashes in the throat. The central ridge is undulate not toothed and marked with yellow on the middle of the ridge. The crest and white signal area surrounded by a band of dark purple." --RRP as seen growing in Roxboro, NC. |
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jpg | BHP_8357-X2_powder_blue_giant.jpg | manage | 86 K | 21 Feb 2016 - 08:11 | BrockHeilman | Please contact Brock Heilman for image use. |
JPG | PowderBlueGiant.JPG | manage | 1 MB | 23 Apr 2017 - 20:10 | BobPries | |
jpg | PowderBlueGiant3.jpg | manage | 58 K | 25 Nov 2013 - 23:18 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Sans Souci Nursery |
JPG | PowderBlueGiantS.JPG | manage | 751 K | 23 Apr 2017 - 20:12 | BobPries | |
jpg | PowderBlueGiant_Schafer_Sacks_reduced.jpg | manage | 56 K | 15 Sep 2010 - 23:14 | UnknownUser | Marty Schafer and Jan Sacks photo Joe Pye Weed's Garden |
jpg | Powder_blue_Giant_Hensler.jpg | manage | 37 K | 20 Sep 2010 - 16:51 | UnknownUser | Christy Hensler photo |