GRAPEFRUIT TRUFFLE

Grapefruit Truffle (Kirchhoff 2002) Height: 27", Bloom Size: 6", Season: Late, Reblooms: Extended, Fragrant: Yes, Plant Habit: Evergreen, Ploidy: Tetraploid, Branches: 3, Buds: 17. Awards: HM 2012; ESF 2011

This is a lovely, Naples yellow double -RHS Color Chart Chip, 11A - with faint rose tints and a yellow to green throat. There is a beveled midrib with light peach shadings on the outer whorl of the 3" wide petals. An early morning opener and formed in perfect petaloid style. The blooms are huge, and measure four and a half inches from the throat to the top of the raised midribs of the petaloids. Bloom texture is creped and diamond dusted. Substance and color are sunfast.