Kilworth
Classification:
2 W-YOO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
J. Lionel Richardson, b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, before 1938
Awards:
This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1952. *FCC(g) 1952; This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1950. FCC Haarlem 1950; This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1948. AM Haarlem 1948; This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1946. FCC(e) 1946; This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1946. AM(e) 1946;
Special Class:
ADS Historics
Seed Parent: 
White Sentinel 2 W-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1915
Beacon x 2 W-W seedling~
White Sentinel
Pollen Parent: 
Hades 2 W-R 
Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1921
Hades
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Kilworth
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
94 times as seed, 3 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 108 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt or truncate, slightly mucronate, creamy white, tinged yellow at base, spreading, a little concave, overlapping half; the inner segments a little inflexed, with margins wavy or incurled; cup is deep bowl-shaped, lightly ribbed, vivid orange, with deep yellow at base and a touch of dark green in tube, mouth straight or a little incurved, split in places and overlapping, slightly frilled.

Description from a 1960 Catalog: ‘crown of intensely vivid dark solid orange/red with a touch of dark green in eye.’

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Photo: Rose Bradley, Illinois, USAKilworthKilworth, 2 W-YOO, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1938, Ireland 
Historic Image: RHS Yearbook, EnglandKilworthKilworth, 2 W-YOO, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1938, Ireland 
Historic Image: Warnaar and Co., the NetherlandsKilworthKilworth, 2 W-YOO, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1938, Ireland 
Historic Image: P. de Jager and Sons, the NetherlandsKilworthKilworth, 2 W-YOO, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1938, Ireland 
Photo: Ralph Sowell, USAKilworthKilworth, 2 W-YOO, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1938, Ireland 
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Photo: Brenda Lyon, AustraliaKilworthKilworth, 2 W-YOO, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1938, Ireland 
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