Hope Taft
Classification:
7 W-O[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1990
Registered:
Yes, 2006
Seed Parent: 
Avenger 2 W-R 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1957
Kilworth x Arbar
Avenger
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Seedling Number:
TN-37
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2-3 per stem, rounded, 53 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, scarcely mucronate, whitish, spreading, concave, with margins incurling, overlapping half; the inner segments a little inflexed, with margins wavy and more deeply incurled; corona bowl-shaped, loosely ribbed, yellow-orange, mouth obscurely 6-lobed, wavy, with rim more or less entire.

Origin of Name

Named for the former First Lady of Ohio, who is an avid gardener, and turned the grounds of the Governor’s mansion into a garden representing all areas of Ohio.