Pleasant Valley
Classification:
3 Y-R[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Raiser:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

Colin (left) and son-in-law Gordon Coombe

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2003
Seed Parent: 
Achduart 3 Y-O 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1972
2-17-54 (Spry x de Navarro seedling) x Vulcan
Achduart
Pollen Parent: 
Trudie May 3 Y-OOR 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1978
Dimity x Orator
Trudie May
Seedling Number:
49-95
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 102 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, shouldered at base, mid-yellow, spreading, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona cup-shaped, ribbed, red, mouth straight and even, with rim crenate.

Origin of Name

Named after the district where the Crotty’s, Pleasant Valley nursery is located.

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Pleasant ValleyPleasant Valley, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #47617 John Russell, New ZealandPleasant ValleyPleasant Valley, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #41696 John F. McLennan, New ZealandPleasant ValleyPleasant Valley, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #39917 Kirby Fong, USAPleasant valleyPleasant Valley, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #11136 Kirby Fong, USAPleasant valleyPleasant Valley, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #10450 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandPleasant valleyPleasant Valley, 3 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2003
Photo #7550 Peter D.K. Ramsay, New Zealand