Sligo
Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, before 1943
Seed Parent:
Royalist 1 Y-Y
Dr. Nynian Yeo Lower, Wales
Year Registered: 1914
Cleopatra x Broadford
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Royalist-121x133.jpg)
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Royalist-121x81.jpg)
Royalist
Dr. Nynian Yeo Lower, Wales
Year Registered: 1914
Cleopatra x Broadford
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Royalist-121x133.jpg)
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Royalist-121x81.jpg)
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Royalist_ver_2-121x81.jpg)
Pollen Parent:
Crocus 2 Y-Y
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Crocus-121x82.jpg)
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Crocus-121x183.jpg)
Crocus
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/Crocus-121x82.jpg)
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Crocus-121x183.jpg)
![](https://daffseek.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Crocus-121x181.jpg)
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Comments
Closely resembles a much later-flowered ‘Galway’.
Origin of Name
Named after the town Sligo of County Sligo in Ireland.
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Sligo, 2 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1943
Photo #6823 J.N. Hancock and Co., Australia