Lilium × dalhansonii ‘Sutton Court’ (IIc/c)
Description:
Recorded as raised and named by Backhouse 1925. Robert Ormston Backhouse (1854-1940) and his wife Sarah Elizabeth Backhouse (nee Dodgson) (1857-1921) had moved to Sutton Court, Herefordshire in 1886. Both were renowned breeders of daffodils and Mrs Backhouse had raised the Backhouse Group of lily hybrids in the early 1890s.
Threat Status:
Threatened In Cultivation
As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/
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