Christmas Chimes
Classification:
7 W-P[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1998
Registered:
Yes, 2013
Seed Parent: 
Quick Step 7 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1955
Wild Rose x N. jonquilla ?
Quick Step
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
HHO11/1
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2-3 per stem, 63mm wide; perianth segments 27mm long, very broadly ovate in outline, rounded at apex, prominently mucronate, creamy white, spreading, plane, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base, less prominently mucronate, a little inflexed, with margins wavy; corona 12mm long, cup-shaped, neatly ribbed, light rosy pink, mouth straight and wavy, with rim minutely crenate. Sunproof. Sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

Part of the Mitsch/Havens “Christmas” Series