Medium-sized, white flowers. Filaments greenish when young, maturing creamy white; anthers pale yellow. Vanilla- or chocolate-scented.
Name after Lady Ashdown (née Courtenay), wife of the British politician Lord Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon.
Group:
Montana group
Fragrant:
Yes
Approximate height:
3.0 - 5.0 metres
Flowering period(s):
May Jun
Pruning:
No pruning (Group 1)
Raised by:
Richard Hodson
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Date raised:
b2015
Parentage:
Chance seedling; parentage unknown
Other name(s):
None known
Further detail:
Flower diameter: 8-9cm
Tepals: 5; 4cm long × 2.5cm wide, broadly elliptic, overlapping, with slightly wavy margins, rounded at tip but grooved and with distinct, down-turned apiculus giving sepal a retuse appearance