Country Boy
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Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Year of first flowering:
1991
Hybridizer:

Colin Crotty

Geraldine, New Zealand

Colin Crotty

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

Colin Crotty
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2002
Seed Parent: 
Trudie May 3 Y-OOR 
G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand
Year of first flowering: 1978
Dimity x Orator
Trudie May
Pollen Parent: 
Achduart 3 Y-O 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1972
2-17-54 (Spry x de Navarro seedling) x Vulcan
Achduart
Seedling Number:
50-91
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 98 mm wide; perianth segments ovate, shouldered at base, acute and mucronate at apex, bright mid-yellow, spreading, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona cup-shaped, angled, orange-red, mouth ribbed, straight, wavy, with rim crenate. Sunproof. Sweetly scented. Resembles siblings ‘Omeomy’ and ‘Garfield’.

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Country boyCountry Boy, 2 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #10231 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandCountry boyCountry Boy, 2 Y-R, Colin Crotty, New Zealand, 2002
Photo #9613 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand