E.B. Champernowne
Buckland Monachorum, Devon, England
E.B. ChampernowneFl. 103 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, brilliant greenish yellow, with very slight white mucro, spreading, concave, regular, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, notched at shoulder, with margins wavy; corona very short funnel-shaped, lightly ribbed, strong orange, mouth straight, with shallow overlapping lobes, wavy. Slightly scented.
Received the Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Award of Garden Merit(AGM) in 1993 and the award was rescinded by the RHS in 2012.
Named for the historic “red” cattle of Devonshire.
Red Devon, 2 Y-O, E.B. Champernowne, England, 1943
Photo #53950 Kevin Inkawhich, USARed Devon, 2 Y-O, E.B. Champernowne, England, 1943
Photo #48640 Kirby Fong, USARed Devon, 2 Y-O, E.B. Champernowne, England, 1943
Photo #48639 Kirby Fong, USARed Devon, 2 Y-O, E.B. Champernowne, England, 1943
Photo #35917 Fentongollan Farms, EnglandRed Devon, 2 Y-O, E.B. Champernowne, England, 1943
Photo #32608 Old House Gardens Heirloom Bulbs, USARed Devon, 2 Y-O, E.B. Champernowne, England, 1943
Photo #21481 Ralph Sowell, USARed Devon, 2 Y-O, E.B. Champernowne, England, 1943
Photo #15825 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsRed Devon, 2 Y-O, E.B. Champernowne, England, 1943
Photo #15824 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsRed Devon, 2 Y-O, E.B. Champernowne, England, 1943
Photo #11382 Old House Gardens Heirloom Bulbs, USARed Devon, 2 Y-O, E.B. Champernowne, England, 1943
Photo #6150 Julius Wadekamper, USA