Souvenir de Ingo Schiewe
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Souvenir de Ingo Schiewe. Tetzlaff. 2009. Suffruticosa with P. rockii influence hybrid. Selected by Stephan Tetzlaff from a collection at the Botanical Garden of Dusseldorf (Germany), where it was marked as a suffruticosa. Growth habit is of a typical rockii cultivar, woody and large stemmed. Mature plants may attain heights of 5 or more feet and 10 feet in width. Very floriferous. Flowers are single and about 6 inches in diameter. Color is an outstanding clear lavender with purple-black flares at the bases of the petals (typical of rockii cultivars). Carpels are smooth and 5 in number. Stigmas light yellow, cream sheath and yellow filaments with reddish bases. Seed fertile, but no pollen. Named in honor of Ingo Schiewe who passed away in 2008. Mr. Schiewe was a gardener with wide interests, who, besides his rockiis, grew many different plants in his garden and glasshouses. A slow plant to get started, but after a couple of years grows quickly, displaying it’s outstanding flowers to perfection. Ships in late September to mid October. AGE: Field grown, 4+ year old graft or division from larger plants – our choice of available plant material upon harvest.