Garden Opera
Classification:
7 Y-O[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1980
Hybridizer:

Rosewarne E.H.S.

Rosewarne E.H.S.
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2006
Seed Parent: 
Mars 2 Y-R 
William Jackson, Jr., Australia
Year Registered: 1968
Kalit x Fooklan
Mars
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Seedling Number:
77/53/5
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 3 or more per stem, star-shaped, 65 mm wide; perianth segments broad, rounded at apex, rich golden yellow, with margins incurling at base and incurved above, overlapping a quarter; corona bowl-shaped, deeper in tone than the perianth segments, with mouth expanded.

Origin of Name

Named for Robert & Jill Body who organize a very successful annual performance of opera in their garden.