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Silver Chimes | 8 W–W | Special Class |
| Division: | 8 - Tazetta | Perianth Colors: | W | Corona Colors: | W |
Division Description: | Usually three to twenty flowers to a stout stem, sweetly scented and very short cupped. Perianth segments rounded and often somewhat crinkled. |
Season:
Very Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
E. & James C. Martin
Country:
England
Year of first flowering:
pre 1916, registered with the RHS
Seed Parent:
Pollen Parent:
Chromosomes:
28 + 1B
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
Special Class:
ADS Historics List
Awards:
Comments:
Fls 5-7 per stem, 50 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, prominently mucronate, spreading, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more narrowly ovate; corona cup-shaped, lightly ribbed, creamy white, mouth straight and very slightly wavy, rim obscurely crenate. Scented. Note: was Classified as a division 5 until 1965.
