Derrick Turbitt
Portstewart, Co.Antrim, N.Ireland
Derrick TurbittCarncairn Daffodils, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1985
Sunapee x Aircastle
Timolin
John W. Blanchard, England
Year Registered: 1985
Ferndown x Achduart
Badbury Rings
Fl. rounded, 112mm wide; perianth segments 50mm long, broadly ovate, rounded at apex, mucronate, yellow, slightly reflexed, plane to a little incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping a quarter; the inner segments narrower; corona 12mm long, disc-shaped, smooth, yellow, with a thin band of bright red at rim, mouth flared, ribbed and even, with rim crenate.
Part of Derrick Turbitt’s ‘Causeway’ series. The Giants Causeway is an array of an estimated 40,000 basalt columns located on the north coast of Northern Ireland. It is frequently referred to the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’.
Causeway Ringer, 3 Y-YYR, Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland, 2011
Photo #47021 Nial Watson, Northern IrelandCauseway Ringer, 3 Y-YYR, Derrick Turbitt, Northern Ireland, 2011
Photo #35271 Kirby Fong, USA