Loch Carron
Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 1980
Seed Parent: 
(
Capitol Hill 2 Y-YYO 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year of first flowering: 1960
Bastion x (Nanking x Ambergate)
Capitol Hill
x
Vulcan 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Carbineer x Ceylon
Vulcan
)
Pollen Parent: 
(
Capitol Hill 2 Y-YYO 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year of first flowering: 1960
Bastion x (Nanking x Ambergate)
Capitol Hill
x
Vulcan 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Carbineer x Ceylon
Vulcan
)
Seedling Number:
1-24-71
Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as seed,1 time as pollen
Comments

Fl. rounded, 95 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, brilliant greenish yellow, with white mucro, spreading, smooth, overlapping half; corona cylinder-shaped, short, lightly ribbed, brighter than vivid orange, touched yellow at rim, mouth straight and 6-lobed, with rim obscurely crenate.

Origin of Name

Part of Lea’s “Favorite Fishing Sites Series”. Named after one of John Lea’s favorite fishing sites in Scotland.

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Loch carronLoch Carron, 2 Y-O, John S.B. Lea, England, 1980
Photo #5979 George Tarry, England