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Red Spartan

Classification:

2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]

Season:

Late

Height:

Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)

Hybridizer:

, Northern Ireland, UK

Registered:

Yes, 1983

Registrant:

, Northern Ireland, UK

Seed Parent:

Pollen Parent:

Seedling Number:

D554

Pedigree Chart:

Fertility:

Seed fertile

Used as parent:

4 times as seed

Descendants:

Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle; perianth segments very broadly ovate, deep golden yellow, with slight white mucro, a little inflexed, shallowly concave, silken smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, roundish at apex; corona long cup-shaped, deep orange-red, with mouth straight and even. Resembles ‘Richhill’ but with a solid red and more nearly sunproof corona.

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Red Spartan, 2 Y-R, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 1983
Photo #14667 Kirby Fong, USA Red Spartan, 2 Y-R, Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland, 1983
Photo #6006 George Tarry, England

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