Dove Cottage
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2008
Hybridizer:

Denise E. McQuarrie

Denise E. McQuarrie
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 2014
Seed Parent: 
Sheelagh Rowan 2 W-W 
A.J.R. (John) Pearson, England
Year Registered: 1989
Stoke Charity x Panache
Sheelagh Rowan
Pollen Parent: 
A17
Seedling Number:
M8
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 118mm wide; perianth segments 49mm long, roundish, very broad, blunt, mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower, less prominently mucronate; corona 41mm long, cylindrical, smooth, mouth expanded, lightly frilled, with rim lightly notched.

Origin of Name

Named after William Wordsworth’s cottage at Lake Grasmere, Cumbria.