Cultivar Name:
Thunder Kiss
Hybridizer:
Eric Donovan Lester (USA)
Seedling Parent:
Eric Donovan Lester (USA)
Breeding History Set:
saurea
Name Status:
Established and Accepted
Publication:
BGI Herald 15 (2) 2019
Year Released:
2008
Pod Parent:
Frosty Pink
Pollen Parent:
B. aurea (dwarf, white)
Species Group
Warm
Flower Color:
White/Cream
Flower Form:
Single
Flower Position:
Nodding
Flower Shape:
Intermediate Funnel Trumpet
Foliage:
Solid
Comments:
very vigorous grower; very large, toothy lime green leaves; large nodding blooms with creamy corollas, very long and twisted petal tips, tinting orange ocre in irregular spots in cool weather; powerful and distinct fragrance of green ginger, bubblegum, and thunderstorms; disease resistant, cold and wet tolerant, heat tolerant, pest resistant; easy to root. It can grow very well in poor soil or even slightly alkaline conditions; the original seedling, now a tree, thrives in the Potowatami Conservatory in South Bend, IN since it was donated there in 2008. The calcium level in that soil is very high.
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