Kalmia latifolia 'Ola'

Parentage
• Female: Apfelrose
• Male: Minuet

Origin
• controlled cross

Hybridizer
• Dr. Karl-Heinz Hübbers
• named by Dr Karl-Heinz Hübbers
• named after A female given name in Poland, short form of Alexandra, Olenka. Name of one daughter of Tadeusz Kusibab

Size
• within 10 years: 4.3 ft x 3.6 ft

Habit
• upright, semi-compact

Flower
• Colour: pink up to light pink with 10 narrow triangle lines in the anthere pouches; pedicel dark red
• Size: about 80 flowers in the truss and mostly 3 trusses at one stem, size average

Bud
• dark pink

Foliage
• Shape: lanceolate, mucronate
• Colour: green
• Size: 3.1 x 1.4 in

Shoot
• green

Year of
• Crossing: 1999
• Naming: 2010
• Registration: 2010

Park
• Privat Garden Latchmin und Dr. Karl-Heinz Hübbers

Producer
• Gospodarstwo Ogrodnicze Tadeusz Kusibab