Azalea plant named Sachet

#The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Azalea, a greenhouse forcing type, hereinafter referred to as Sachet.

#Sachet, identified as Code 1002 during the selection process, originated from a planned cross hybridization between two selected breeding lines in a controlled breeding program in Fort Myers, Fla.

#The female, or seed parent of Sachet is the commercial cultivar Girard's Fushia, a deep reddish purple single. The male, or pollen parent is a seedling known as Code 227, a proprietary breeding line.

#The accompanying color photograph shows in perspective view the unique features of the new cultivar, wih colors being as true as possible with color illustrations of this type.

#Of the commerical cultivars known to the inventor, the most similar in comparison to Sachet is Solitaire disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,171. Sachet is similar to Solitaire in that both are pink evergreen azaleas suitable for greenhouse forcing.

#Sachet differs from Solitaire in that Sachet's flowers are darker pink, have a distinct blotch, and do not possess petaloid anthers like those of Solitaire. the plant habit of Sachet is much denser and more heavily branched than that of Solitaire.

#In the following description color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart. The color values were determined on Mar. 13, 1995. All readings were taken in an office under cool white fluorescent lights, facing a west window between the hours of 10:00 a.m and 2:00 p.m.