Echo
Correspondence between Silvia Saunders and H.F. DuPont suggests he may have reported this plant growing to 5′ but he likely confused ‘Echo’ with another plant, #16737, as he referred to it by that number. I think we can safely retire its description as a five foot tall plant!
| Cultivar: | Echo |
| Year: | 1951 or 1952 |
| Seedling No: | 10962 |
| Parentage: | 1B: F2 of (lactiflora X anomala) |
| Flower: | Color: | very pale pink |
| Form: | single, 8 petals, crinkled | |
| Blooms: | Week 4 | |
| Carpels: | 2, light green | |
| Stigmas: | dark red | |
| Disc: | pink | |
| Stamens: | filaments red at base, shading to yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | may sprawl |
| Foliage color: | medium green | |
| Foliage form: | leaves are lobed | |
| Height: | 25″ in 2021 | |
| Recommendation: | Collectors’ plant |
| Availability: | One or a few specialty nurseries |
