Fls 4-5 per stem, 41 mm diameter, deep yellow; perianth segments ovate, blunt, reflexed, separated or slightly overlapping; the inner segments a little twisted; corona cup-shaped, loosely ribbed, with mouth straight and even or very slightly wavy, rim entire or occasionally notched. Resembles ‘Hawera’ but with broader perianth segments. Marginally Fertile.
Received the Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Award of Garden Merit(AGM) in 1996 and the award was rescinded by the RHS in 2012.
April Tears, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1939
Photo #56148 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsApril Tears, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1939
Photo #50654 Kirby Fong, USAApril Tears, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1939
Photo #48059 Tom Stettner, USAApril Tears, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1939
Photo #46027 Tom Stettner, USAApril Tears, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1939
Photo #31117 RHS Yearbook, EnglandApril Tears, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1939
Photo #15434 Ben Blake, USAApril Tears, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1939
Photo #8851 Theodore E. Snazelle, USAApril Tears, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1939
Photo #1151 Kirby Fong, USAApril Tears, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1939
Photo #1150 Kirby Fong, USA