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Flower Name
Empress of Ireland
Division:
1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped) 
Colors:
W - W
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Guy L. Wilson
Country:
Northern Ireland, UK
Year of first flowering:
pre 1952, registered with the RHS
Seed Parent:
Pollen Parent:
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as a parent:
49 times as seed, 117 times as pollen
Descendants:
Special Class:
ADS Classics
Awards:
AGM Comments:
Fl. forming a double triangle, 100-120 mm wide, creamy white; perianth segments broadly ovate, slightly mucronate, spreading, plane or a little concave, smooth, overlapping half or more; inner segments more narrowly ovate, shouldered at base, inflexed at base, reflexed towards apex, margins wavy or incurved; cup is cylindrical, very lightly ribbed, appearing to be a darker tone than the perianth, expanded and lightly frilled mouth, rim widely rolled and shallowly crenate.
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