Azalea plant named Cotton Candy

#This new variety of azalea plant was discovered by me in 1961 as a result of breeding efforts carried on by me at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oreg., with the objective of producing an improved pot-forcing greenhouse azalea having better flowering and keeping qualities. This plant originated as a seedling of Albert and Elizabeth (unpatented) .times. Satin Robe (unpatented) and was selected by me for propagation and test because of its vigorous and well branched, but compact, growth habit and the very unusual delicate shell pink and creamy white coloring of its flowers.

#Asexual propagation of this new plant was carried on by me and under my direction by means of cuttings at Corvallis, Oreg., and many successive generations of this plant have demonstrated that its distinctive and commercially advantageous characteristics are firmly fixed and hold true from generation to generation.

#My new variety of azalea is illustrated by the accompanying photographic drawing in which the upper view shows a typical specimen of the potted plant in full bloom and the lower view shows details of a typical bud and the fully opened flower. The drawing views are prints which show the flower colors as nearly true as can be obtained by conventional photographic procedures and the true colors are shown by the hand painted swatches mounted below the lower view, the left hand swatch showing the Camelia Rose color of the petal margins and reverse sides and the right hand swatch showing the Neyron Rose color of the lower body portion of the petals.

#The following is a detailed description of my new azalea plant with the color designations given according to the Horticultural Colour Chart produced by Robert S. Wilson and published by The Royal Horticultural Society of London, England.

#Origin: Seedling.

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