■(TB) 'Mary D'

1988, Hamblen

'Mary D' (Melba Hamblen, R. 1987). Seedling# H81-27A-1. TB, 36" (91 cm). Late midseason bloom. Standards smoky pink (RHS 70D) in cool weather (warm bright pink in hot weather); lacy violet-blue style crests edged violet-pink; falls violet-blue (92A), lightening toward beard, flash of deeper color extending from hafts toward edge of Standards; burnt orange beard with 1/2" blue tip. 'Sophistication' X seedling# 79-111 M: ((('Touché' x 'Misty Dawn' sibling) x 'Sienna Star' sibling) x (('New Rochelle'). Mission Bell 1988.

From the 2022 Rebloom Checklist: Rebloom reported in: WA. USDA Zones 6

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Awaiting original catalog description
From AIS Bulletin #268 January 1988 Introducing MARY D 37", ML. Lustrous beauty in non-fading, smoky pink over violet-blue with showy blue-tipped orange-red beards. Ruffled impeccable form, smooth texture, heavy substance. Cupped closed standards, horizontally flaring falls. Strong well branched stalks; multiple buds. (Sib to Gift of Dreams). Sdlg. H81-27A-1. $30.00. Mission Bell.
MARY D. (Hamblen '88) was runner-up for the last-good-c1ump-in-bloom distinction. Average height, good branching, and two buds in nearly every socket. The smoky lavender pink standards contrast nicely with the strongly flared lavender blue falls. Beards are lavender blue at the end, changing toward the throat to cream, with hairs tipped orange red. [Keith Keppel, The Late Show. AIS Buletin #275(oct 1989), p.17]

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