Cyril F. Coleman
b 1892 d 1980
Cranbrook, Kent, England
Cyril F. ColemanRev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1923
(Beacon x unknown)
Mitylene
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Fl. 76 to 85 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate or somewhat oblong, blunt or squarish at apex, prominently mucronate, creamy white, reflexed, plane, with midrib showing, overlapping 1/3 to 1/2; inner segments more narrowly ovate, not noticeably mucronate, with margins slightly wavy; cup is cylindrical or narrowly funnel-shaped, loosely ribbed, between brilliant yellow and vivid yellow, mouth slightly expanded, frilled, with rim crenate.
Received the Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Award of Garden Merit(AGM) in 1993 and the award was rescinded by the RHS in 2012.
Named after the bird, White Winged Dove.
Dove Wings, 6 W-Y, Cyril F. Coleman, England, 1949
Photo #59147 Christopher Harley, USADove Wings, 6 W-Y, Cyril F. Coleman, England, 1949
Photo #47281 Grace Noyes, USADove Wings, 6 W-Y, Cyril F. Coleman, England, 1949
Photo #9633 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandDove Wings, 6 W-Y, Cyril F. Coleman, England, 1949
Photo #4659 Wells Knierim, USADove Wings, 6 W-Y, Cyril F. Coleman, England, 1949
Photo #3275 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA