Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata 'Fred Clarkson'

Parentage
• Female: Olympic Wedding o.p.

Origin
• cross

Hybridizer
• Dr. Karl-Heinz Hübbers
• named after a friend of the family

Size
• within 10 years: 4.0 ft x 4.0 ft

Habit
• upright

Flower
• Colour: bright pink with an interrupted band
• Shape: more than 130 flowers in truss

Bud
• dark pink

Foliage
• Shape: elliptic, concave
• Colour: dark green

Shoot
• reddish

Year of
• Crossing: 1993
• Naming: 2001
• Registration: 2002

Park
• Botanischer Garten und Rhododendronpark Bremen
• Privat Garden Latchmin und Dr. Karl-Heinz Hübbers

Literature
• Westhoff, Julia, 2007: Kalmia - der perfekte Blütenstrauch für jeden Garten, in: Deutsche Baumschule 2/2007, S. 26 ff, Haymarket Media GmbH & Co KG, Braunschweig

Comments
• buds well, sometimes written 'Fred Clarksen' in error