Gilead
Classification:
7 W-W[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1986
Hybridizer:
Originator:

Christine Havens

Christine Havens
Registered:
Yes, 1999
Seed Parent: 
Quick Step 7 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year of first flowering: 1955
Wild Rose x N. jonquilla ?
Quick Step
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
VOC4/1
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Comments

Fls 3 per stem, forming a double triangle, 60 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments a little inflexed, with margins wavy; corona cup-shaped, smooth, opening pastel pink, quickly becoming ivory white, mouth straight, wavy, with rim crenate. Sweetly scented. Resembles ‘Quick Step’ but with the corona becoming white.