Goldhanger
Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1981
Registered:
Yes, 1993
Seed Parent: 
Camelot 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1962
Kingscourt x Ceylon
Camelot
Pollen Parent: 
Camelot 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1962
Kingscourt x Ceylon
Camelot
Seedling Number:
85-48-F30
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed, 5 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. forming a rounded double triangle, 95 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, rounded at apex, buttercup yellow, spreading, plane, smooth, of thick substance and velvet texture; corona straight-sided, lightly ribbed, golden yellow and darker than the perianth, mouth straight, with rim lightly crenate. Resembles Golden Aura but corona is straighter and more even.

Origin of Name

Named after the village near hybridizer John Pearson’s residence.