Market Merry
Classification:
3 Y-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, before 1930
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 1950. *FCC(g) 1950; This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).
Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit 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 1949. *AM(g) 1949; 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 1933. AM(e) 1933;
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 1950. *FCC(g) 1950; This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).
Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit 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 1949. *AM(g) 1949; 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 1933. AM(e) 1933;
Special Class:
ADS Historics
Seed Parent:
Pollen Parent:
Chromosomes:
28
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
34 times as seed, 9 times as pollen
Comments
Fl. 105 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, rounded or squarish at apex, only slightly mucronate, brilliant yellow 8A, spreading, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, somewhat inflexed, with margins wavy; corona very shallow bowl-shaped, ribbed, orange (28A). Mid-season.
Origin of Name
Comments, season, SK, RHS 2017;
Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images
Market Merry, 3 Y-O, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930, Scotland
Photo: Mary Lou Gripshover, USA
Market Merry, 3 Y-O, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1930, Scotland
Photo: Joe Hamm, USA
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