Saffron Celebration
Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, 2018
Seed Parent: 
Enfield 2 Y-R 
Helen K. (Nell) Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1987
Border Chief x Heath Fire
Enfield
Pollen Parent: 
Gold Convention 2 Y-Y 
John S.B. Lea, England
Year Registered: 1978
[(Galcador x seedling) x 1Y-Y seedling (Kingscourt x Home Fires)] x [Strathkanaird x Richardson 1Y-Y (seedling~ x Home Fires)]
Gold Convention
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 92mm wide; perianth segments 35mm long, roundish, very broad, truncate, yellow with white mucro, spreading, plane or with margins incurved, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base, scarcely mucronate; corona 27mm long, cup-shaped, mouth ribbed, straight and shallowly lobed, with rim crenate. Mid-season.

Origin of Name

Named at the request of the Saffron Walden Horticultural Society to celebrate its 200 years.