Richard Carvel

Acquired: 1924
Record Updated February 17, 2022
Double

Form

Double
Red

Color

Red
Early

Season

Early

Cultivar Group

lactiflora
Introduced
1913

Breeder

Brand

Country of Origin

USA

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History

1918-B006-I:21

1921-B014:19 Symposium II rating: 8.8

1923-SPN:350

1928-B:51 Double. 8.8 (Sym. 1921). Crimson.

1928-B-d:139 Double type; large; early. The broad guards and irregularly incurved high center are bright crimson; only slightly fragrant. Tall; floriferous; good stems and foliage. Valued for its earliness and unfading color which is not without a distinct bluish tinge. Generally considered one of the best red sorts, although it is not always fully double.

1953-B130:31 8.8. D. E. Light red. Fragrant. Medium tall. Used largely as a cut flower. Good for the garden also.

1962-W:085 Fragrant bright crimson, not always full double. Particularly valued for earliness. Tall, good stems.

1976-K:085 (Brand, 1913) – Double – Red – Early. Tall. Only slightly fragrant. Large. The broad guards and irregularly incurved high center are bright crimson. Floriferous. Good stems and foliage. M. Lists in Bulletins 91 and 130.

1976-K:126 (1913) Double, red.

1996-K:059 (1913) – Double, red.

Specimens in the Garden

BedRowColumn

4 - See full bed map

4E

4 - See full bed map

4F