Jenkin's Ferry
Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2014
Hybridizer:

Clay Higgins

Clay Higgins
, New Jersey, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2023
Seed Parent: 
Banker 2 Y-O 
David Jackson, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1989
Scipio x 217/82 (Janz x Gunsynd)
Banker
Pollen Parent: 
Cyrus 1 Y-Y 
Phil Phillips, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1968
Cyrus
Seedling Number:
14-358
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 87mm wide; perianth segments 44mm long, ovate, blunt, yellow, with pale mucro, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, scarcely mucronate; corona 32mm long, funnel-shaped, angled, orange, mouth straight, frilled and lobed, with rim notched and narrowly flanged. Mid-season.

Origin of Name

The location of the only real battle in Arkansas during the American Civil War as the Union tried to retreat North across the Saline River.