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Classification:
3 W-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1994
Hybridizer:

John W. Blanchard

b 1930, crd 1954.
Blandford, Dorset, England.
In partnership until 1968 with Douglas Blanchard

John W. Blanchard
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2005
Seed Parent: 
77/19A (
Hotspur 2 W-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1959
Kilworth x Arbar
Hotspur
x
Osmington 2 W-R 
John W. Blanchard, England
Year Registered: 1974
Seedling 51/60a x Privateer
Osmington
)
Pollen Parent: 
Doctor Hugh 3 W-GOO 
Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1975
Mahmoud x Don Carlos
Doctor Hugh
Seedling Number:
89/27A
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Picket Post
Descendants:
None
Comments

112mm wide, rounded; corona bowl-shaped, mouth expanded, lobed, frilled. It is a little later than ‘Warmwell’ but has the same vibrant color The flower is round in form with good substance and very broad perianth segments. The corona is a deep orange, shallow bowl and is frilled and tidy. The flower is sweetly scented and held on a strong stem.

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Picket PostPicket Post, 3 W-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 2005
Photo #55907 Kirby Fong, USAPicket PostPicket Post, 3 W-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 2005
Photo #55906 Kirby Fong, USAPicket PostPicket Post, 3 W-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 2005
Photo #55905 Kirby Fong, USAPicket PostPicket Post, 3 W-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 2005
Photo #50409 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandPicket PostPicket Post, 3 W-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 2005
Photo #41432 Kirby Fong, USAPicket postPicket Post, 3 W-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 2005
Photo #15548 Ben Blake, USAPicket postPicket Post, 3 W-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 2005
Photo #15547 Ben Blake, USAPicket postPicket Post, 3 W-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 2005
Photo #4244 Tony James, EnglandPicket postPicket Post, 3 W-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 2005
Photo #4243 Tony James, England