Scarlet Tanager
Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1982
Raiser:
Registered:
Yes, 1992
Awards:
Special Classes:
Seed Parent: 
Bantam 2 Y-YOO 
Barr and Sons, England
Year Registered: 1950
Bantam
Pollen Parent: 
Kindled 2 Y-R 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1950
Indian Summer x (Workman x Trevisky)
Kindled
Seedling Number:
REH7/3
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 70 mm wide; perianth segments very broad, clear medium yellow, spreading, concave, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments ovate or roundish, touching at shoulder; corona bowl-shaped, smooth or loosely ribbed, bright orange-red, with mouth straight and even, rim minutely notched. Sibling to ‘Red Sheen’.

Origin of Name

Part of the Mitsch/Havens “Bird Series.” Named after the bird, Scarlet Tanager.