(JI) 'Shimei-No-Aki'

1954, Marx import

'Shimei-No-Aki' ( Walter Marx, R. 1954) import. JI (double), 30" (76 cm), Color Class-3B. Early to midseason bloom. (Autumn). Light porcelain-blue marked with wide white streamers. Marx 1954.

NOTE: Listed in 1939 Checklist shows hybridizer as Shuho-En. Double. Color Class-B3.

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From Marx Gardens catalog, 1955: SHIMEI-NO-AKI (Autumn) Each $3.00 Immense flat double flowers of light porcelain blue marked by wide white streamers. Low growing about 2½ to 3 feet. Early to midseason.

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