Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata/ polypetala 'Schokra'

Parentage
• Female: Shooting Star
• Male: Mitternacht

Origin
• controlled cross

Hybridizer
• Dr. Karl-Heinz Hübbers

Size
• within 10 years: 3.5 x 3.0 ft

Habit
• upright

Flower
• Colour: chocolate centre with a small white rim
• Shape: cupped with 5 lobes
• Size: about 200 flowers per truss, corolla 1.2 in across

Bud
• brownish-white

Foliage
• Shape: obovate-elliptic
• Colour: dark green
• Size: 2.8 x 1.5 in

Shoot
• light green stems

Propagation
• micropropagation

Year of
• Crossing: 1993
• Naming: 2003
• Registration: 2008

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

Literature
• Westhoff, Julia, 2006: Empfehlenswerte Kalmia Sorten, in: Gartenpraxis 12/2006, S. 34 ff, Verlag Eugen Ulmer Stuttgart