Silver Kiwi
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1975
Hybridizer:

G.W.E. Brogden

b 1894 d 1993

Hawera, New Zealand; Normanby; Marton. In partnership with M.E.Brogden from 1968; trading with him as Brogden Bulbs 1989-1993

G.W.E. Brogden
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1991
Registrant:

Brogden Bulbs

Brogden Bulbs
Seed Parent: 
(
Verona 3 W-W 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1958
Green Island x Chinese White
Verona
x unknown )
Seedling Number:
P83/6
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
2 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments roundish, with margins a little incurling, smooth, with a silver sheen, of thick substance; corona shallow bowl-shaped, ribbed, with rim dentate. Originally listed as ‘Silver Lining#’.

Origin of Name

Was in 1992 catalog as Silver Lining; now named Silver Kiwi;

Synonyms:

'Silver Lining#'

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Silver KiwiSilver Kiwi, 2 W-W, G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand, 1991
Photo #53086 Ben Blake, USASilver KiwiSilver Kiwi, 2 W-W, G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand, 1991
Photo #49875 Lawrence Trevanion, AustraliaSilver KiwiSilver Kiwi, 2 W-W, G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand, 1991
Photo #49874 Lawrence Trevanion, AustraliaSilver kiwiSilver Kiwi, 2 W-W, G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand, 1991
Photo #11912 Ben Blake, USASilver kiwiSilver Kiwi, 2 W-W, G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand, 1991
Photo #11213 Kirby Fong, USASilver kiwiSilver Kiwi, 2 W-W, G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand, 1991
Photo #10511 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandSilver kiwiSilver Kiwi, 2 W-W, G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand, 1991
Photo #10049 Nancy Tackett, USASilver kiwiSilver Kiwi, 2 W-W, G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand, 1991
Photo #7880 Malcolm Wheeler, New ZealandSilver kiwiSilver Kiwi, 2 W-W, G.W.E. Brogden, New Zealand, 1991
Photo #4310 Tony James, England