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'Kiss of Spring'

Small to medium flowers, opening with deep pink margins about a pale pink bar, maturing to pale pink throughout. Vanilla and/or almond scented. Filaments and anthers creamy; connectives pale green. Fruit-heads persistent.

Group: Montana group
Fragrant: Yes
Approximate height: 5.0 - 7.0 metres
Flowering period(s): May Jun
Pruning: No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by: C W Welch
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Date raised: rb2015 ni2015
Parentage: Un-named Montana Group seedling (s) × ‘Mayleen’
Other name(s): None known

Further detail:

Flower diameter: 7-8cm
Tepals: 4; 3.5cm long, 1cm wide, gappy, narrowly elliptic with wavy and strongly revolute margins, tip recurved