The Robin Hill Azaleas
'Conversation Piece'

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Cultivar Name	'Conversation Piece'
Reference Number	T36-6
Parentage	('Emile Russave' x Carol') x 'Eikan'
Published Source	ARS 32(1): 45.6; IRR 1977 (in RH 1977: 109)
Spring Leaf	Narrowly elliptic to elliptic 41mm:1-5/8" x 16mm :5/8"
Foliaceous Calyx	5mm:3/16" light green
Corolla Size and Shape	Diameter : 89mm:3-1/2" Cone height: 51mm:2" No. of lobes: 5 Alt. diameter: 90mm:3-9/16" Alt. cone ht.: 40mm:1-9/16'" Petal length : 63mm:2-1/2" Form: Single; widely funnel-shaped; lobes wavy
Corolla Color	As Registered Variable: Selfed RHS 68C (moderate purplish Pink); White; sectored; or RHS 68C (moderate purplish Pink) shading to lighter at lobe edge; prominenlly spotted RHS 57B (vivid purplish Red) on dorsal lobes Measured 1992-93: 92: axial-RHS 62B / RHS 65A (moderate purplish Pink) 92: self-RHS 66C (deep purplish Pink) / RHS 57D (vivid purplish Red) 93: self-RHS 66C (deep purplish Pink) / RHS 57D (vivid purpiish Red)
Flowers/Bud	1-3 fls./bud
Habit	Dwarf to semidwarf; Low, broad, branching moderately (yet dense) with horizontal branches
Flowering Period	Late May

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