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Albus -
white, single Autumn Surprise - cerise
eye, belongs to related species H.
sinosyriacus
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- red eye
Diana
- pure white, no eye, larger bloom, dark shinty leaf, no
seeds
Dorothy Crane -
red eye
Gladys Smith - red eye, nice wide
and ruffled petals.
Helena
- near white, red eye, floriferous, little or no seed,
huge 5 inch+ size, not always good in the northern states
Monstrosus
- red eye, old clone not valuable today
Red
Heart - red eye, Helena is superior to it, French origin
Ruby
Glow - very big cerise eye (to 25%), belongs to related
species H. sinosyriacus
Snowdrift
- pure white, Krussman says that leaves distinquish it
from Totus Albus
Totus
Albus - old clone, small by modern standards
William
R. Smith (W.R. Smith, Rev. W. Smith) - pure white, no
eye, nicely crimped petals, 'Diana' replaces it
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Blue Bird
(Oiseau Bleu) - near sky blue, red eye, huge 5 in.
blooms, open widely, French origin, RHS AM, there are
good and lousy clones out there so go with Blue
Satin™ Blue Satin™ - rich
lavender-blue, purplish eye, strong, uniform plants\
Brendon Springs (3/4) - single,
nice clear lavender-purple shade
Celestial
= Coelestis
Coelestis
(Celestial) - light blue, smaller 3-4 in. bloom compared
to 'Blue Bird'
Lilac
Queen - light lilac, red eye, belongs to related species H.
sinosyriacus
Mauve
Queen - mauve, red eye
Meehanii
- lilac-mauve, darker eye, lovely cream margined leaf,
slower but worth it
Minerva
- lavender, pink tints, red eye, glossy dark leaf,
triploid (no seed)
Sky
Blue - clear near true blue, long bloom period
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Blush
Satin™ - light pink, very large red eye, strong
plants, longer bloom period Hamabo -
blush light pink, red to bronze eye, RHS AM, it is not Hibiscus
hamabo Sieb. & Zucc., Blush
Satin has it beat
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Aphrodite -
dark pink, red eye, thick dark leaf, triploid (no seeds)
Collie
Mullens - purplish-lavender and double by some accounts. The photo above
is at occurs in the US trade and the Dawes Arb. - more of a
rose-lavender with red eye, and obviously single.
Lenny (3/4) - rose-pink,
trumpet-shaped, very long bloom period, 1.8m tall x 1.5m wide
Pink Giant
- clean pink, red eye, large 5 in. diameter
Rose
Satin™ - dark rose-pink, large red eye with showy
veining, wide overlapping petals
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Edna
Frances - violet-red, 3 in. blooms, darker eye Rubis -
near red
Violet
Satin™ - violet-red, large darker red eye, darker
veins reach a third of the petals and give more interest
Woodbridge
- rose-red, red eye, large diamter, selected from
'Rubis', RHS AM
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Russian
Violet - dark mauve-lilac, very floriferous, 'Blue Bird'
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SEMI- TO
FULL
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Admiral
Dewey - old American c. 1900 double, 5cm wide Albus
Plenus = Jeanne d'Arc
Cicola (3/4) - smallish double,
red center
Jeanne
D'Arc (Albus Plenus, Jean d'Arc) - full white
Speciosus
(La Veuve, Speciosus Plenus) - red center, double
White
Chiffon™ - anemone-like, lacy center
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Coeruleus
Plenus - violet-blue Lavender
Chiffon™ - lavender, reddish veins or spots are
base, semi-double center, best double lavender to date
(2002)
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Bicolor =
Lady Stanley Blushing Bride - light pink
fades white
Carneus
Plenus - light pink, smallish red center. Lady Stanley is
larger flowered
Comte
d'Hainut - blush pink. Inferior to newer cultivars
Double
Pink
Elegantissima
- light lilac-pink, darker pink and red markings,
sem-double, distinct from 'Lady Stanley' but the trades
sometimes mixed them together.
Lady
Stanley (Bicolor) - white with many pink tints, red
markings and blotches
Leopoldii
- white tinged pink, red center. Leaves more cut than
Lady Stanley
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Amarantus =
Roseus Plenus Duc de Brabant - dark
reddish-pink, very full, buds dark red
Gussie
- large diameter, rose pink
Lady
Stanley - popular double
Ms.
Julenne - cream margined leaf
Paeoniflorus-
lilac-pink, usually is either Puniceus Plenus or
Amplissimus in the trade
Roseus
Plenus - dark violet-pink, less fading, very full double
but often sparsely blooming
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Amplissimus
- red
Boule de Feu (Comte de Flandre) dark
red, full double, never striped as Duc de Brabant
Comte
de Flandre = Boule de Feu
Duc
de Brabant - dark red, often striped white, brownish buds
Freedom
- single to semi-double, giving both flower types, a
newer one from Don Shadow
Double
Red - probably one of the named clones
Lucy
- robust plants
Puniceus
Plenus (Ruber Semiplenus) - large semi-double, earlier
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Agnes -
mauve-purple, large diameter Amplissimus
(Paeoniflorus) - violet-pink fades to violet
Ardens
- pinkish-purple, earlier bloom
Bride
- azure or violet-blue
Coeruleus
Plenus - violet-blue. Violet Double Clair replaced it.
Purpureus
Variegatus - reddish-lilac, creamy-yellow margined leaf
SANCHON YO
'Purple Ruffles' - semi-double, petals ruffles, dark purple, some to
8.5cm wide. Introduced by Notcutts Nurseries, UK 2003.
Souvenir
de Charles Breton - semi-double, violet, slightly paler
than Violet Clair Double
Violet
Clair Double (Violaceus Plenus) - bluish-purple,
semi-double
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