Whipcord
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Classification:
7 Y-O[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1985
Hybridizer:

John W. Blanchard

b 1930, crd 1954.
Blandford, Dorset, England.
In partnership until 1968 with Douglas Blanchard

John W. Blanchard
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1996
Awards:

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2003.

AGM 2003; 
Seed Parent: 
Falstaff 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1960
Ceylon x 2Y-R seedling~ (Narvik x Marksman)
Falstaff
Pollen Parent: 
N. fernandesii var. cordubensis Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. fernandesii var. cordubensis
Seedling Number:
80/1 G
Chromosomes:
21
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Petals rich butter yellow, patent, broadly ovate, slightly incurved; corona deep orange at margin fading to pale orange at base, conical, widely flaring, shallowly lobed; 1-2 blooms/stem; short on opening, grows taller;

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WhipcordWhipcord, 7 Y-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 1996
Photo #52167 Kirby Fong, USAWhipcordWhipcord, 7 Y-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 1996
Photo #45627 Ben Blake, USAWhipcordWhipcord, 7 Y-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 1996
Photo #45626 Ben Blake, USAWhipcordWhipcord, 7 Y-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 1996
Photo #43823 Melissa Reading, USAWhipcordWhipcord, 7 Y-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 1996
Photo #21526 Robert Whittington, USAWhipcordWhipcord, 7 Y-O, John W. Blanchard, England, 1996
Photo #7530 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands