Redhill
Classification:
2 W-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1958
Hybridizer:

P. de Jager and Sons

P. de Jager and Sons
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1978
Registrant:

G.A. Preyde

G.A. Preyde
Chromosomes:
28
Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt or truncate, prominently mucronate, ivory white, spreading or slightly reflexed, somewhat concave, with margins occasionally incurling at apex and with midrib showing, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, shouldered at base, more nearly spreading, creased, with margins wavy or rolled inwards; corona bowl-shaped, ribbed, orange-red, mouth expanded, split in places and overlapping, frilled.

Origin of Name

Named by Mr. Preijde, a bulb grower from Holland, after the town Redhill as a sign of respect for the pilots and crews of the fighter planes who were scrambled to take on the Luftwaffe.

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RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #57639 Becky Fox Matthews, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #49036 U.S. National Arboretum, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #49035 U.S. National Arboretum, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #45540 Brenda Lyon, Australia
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #45539 Brenda Lyon, Australia
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #42409 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #33004 Rose Bradley, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #9994 Ralph Sowell, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #8716 Becky Fox Matthews, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #7993 Ben Blake, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #7992 Ben Blake, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #7991 Ben Blake, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #7331 Becky Fox Matthews, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #6506 Mary Durtschi, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #5910 Sandra Stewart, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #5823 Tom Stettner, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #2589 Kirby Fong, USA
RedhillRedhill, 2 W-R, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1978
Photo #2588 Kirby Fong, USA