Growth Habit: intermediate (4 x 4 feet)
USDA Zone: 7a
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Parentage: ('The Honorable Jean Marie de Montague' x 'Yelton's Choice')
Hybridizer: Player (1979)
Color Catagory: pink
Bloom Time: April
Comments: Full, ball-shaped trusses are a bright pink fading to lighter pink towards the center. Sports a dark carmine-red blotch deep in the throat accompanied with red spotting on the dorsal lobe. All flowers have deeply ruffled edges. Proven to be heat tolerant in the southeast, though does best in shadier areas. Named in honor of the hybridizer's wife. Photo courtesy of Lonnie Player.