Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1952
Cotterton x Broughshane
Rashee
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1952
Guardian x Kanchenjunga
Empress of Ireland
Fl. 115 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, snow white, spreading or very slightly reflexed, plane, smooth, of thick substance, regular, overlapping one-third; the inner segments one-third narrower, acute; corona smooth, with green at base, mouth widely expanded and a little frilled, rim widely rolled, very slightly crenate.
According to the 1977 issue of the Rathowen catalog, it states this flower is a sister seedling of ‘White Empress’ and ‘White Majesty.
Part of Tom Bloomer’s “White” series.
White Star, 1 W-W, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1970
Photo #53553 John E. Colley, EnglandWhite Star, 1 W-W, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1970
Photo #48149 Michael Baxter, EnglandWhite Star, 1 W-W, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1970
Photo #40455 John Castor, USAWhite Star, 1 W-W, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1970
Photo #14932 Kirby Fong, USAWhite Star, 1 W-W, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1970
Photo #10605 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandWhite Star, 1 W-W, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1970
Photo #5028 Wells Knierim, USAWhite Star, 1 W-W, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1970
Photo #3608 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA