Little Ruby
Classification:
2 W-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 1999
Special Classes:
Seed Parent: 
Dulcie Joan 2 W-WWP 
Mrs. J. (Barbara) Abel Smith, England
Year Registered: 1972
Ethel x Syracuse
Dulcie Joan
Pollen Parent: 
Ken's Favorite 2 W-P 
Murray Evans, United States
Year of first flowering: 1968
Cordial x Caro Nome
Ken's Favorite
Seedling Number:
85-12-1
Pedigree Chart:
Used as parent:
2 times as seed
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 73 mm wide, facing up; perianth segments ovate, blunt, bright white, spreading, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, with midrib showing; the inner segments narrower; corona cup-shaped, angled, deep ruby red, mouth straight and wavy, with rim dentate. Sweetly scented. Resembles a smaller and more deeply colored ‘Rubythroat’.