Rockin' Goose
Classification:
2 O-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
2004
Hybridizer:
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 2016
Registrant:
Seed Parent: 
Creag Dubh 2 O-R 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1978
[(Chungking x Spry) x Home Fires] x Vulcan
Creag Dubh
Pollen Parent: 
Rio Bravo 2 O-R 
Ballydorn Bulb Farm, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1986
Rio Rouge x Firestorm
Rio Bravo
Seedling Number:
W517
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 102mm wide; perianth segments 44mm long, ovate, very broad, rounded, mucronate, yellowish orange, spreading, plane, with margins incurling, smooth and of heavy substance; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base; corona 28mm long, cup-shaped, smooth, vivid orange, mouth straight and wavy, with rim notched and crenate. Sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

A local name for Rock Angus, a large rock in the Irish Sea.