Emerald City
Classification:
3 W-GYY[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2009
Awards:
Seed Parent: 
Soft Focus 2 W-GWY 
Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1999
Vernal Prince x Pure Joy
Soft Focus
Pollen Parent: 
Dunely Hall or
Evesham 3 W-GYY 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1990
Loch Assynt x Blanchard 68/15A {(Canisp x Vigil) x [Canisp x (Vigil x Empress of Ireland)]}
Evesham
Seedling Number:
D2589
Pedigree Chart:
Used as parent:
2 times as seed
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide; perianth segments 45 mm long, very broad, rounded, mucronate, white, spreading, plane, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base, not noticeably mucronate, with margins wavy; corona 12 mm long, bowl-shaped, ribbed, deep lemon yellow, with deep green at base, mouth smooth, heavily frilled, with rim split and overlapping in places. Sibling of ‘Ring Flash’.

Origin of Name

Named after the special green city in the children’s story The Wizard of Oz