‘Rosemoor Gold’

Is anyone familiar with the cultivar ‘Rosemoor Gold’ 7 Y-Y who might be able to confirm whether or not this is what I have? I bought these bulbs as ‘Trevithian’ a few years ago and since learned that they are not ‘Trevithian’. For me, they are similar to ‘Sweetness’ in most respects but bloom about two weeks later and have a more flaring corona.

'Rosemoor Gold'? 'Rosemoor Gold'? 'Rosemoor Gold'?

4 comments for “‘Rosemoor Gold’

  1. Hello Ross and Greetings to all.

    I grow Rosemoor Gold and was involved in the selection and registration of this lovely flower, it was chosen by the Royal Horticultural Society to commemorate their 250 years. Rosemoor is one of the Major Gardens belonging to the RHS

    It was bred by Barbara Fry on the ministry of Agriculture Experimental station at Rosewarne in Cornwall (St Keverne x n.jonquilla), the stock was released to C.A.B.G.A. the Cornwall Area Bulb Growers Association, the flowers can have 3 blooms on the stem from mature bulbs and often produces additions stem that have 1 or 2 blooms.

    However there is another variety that is a sister to Rosemoor Gold that is “Marie Curie Diamond” the blooms are very alike except on this variety it does only have a single bloom (just like your picture) as you say it looks a lot like an improved Sweetness, this was registered at the request of Marie Curie Cancer Care to celebrate their 60 years.

    As you say it is nothing like Trevithian another good old Cornish variety this time bred by P.D.Williams in 1927.

    I hope this is some help to you.

    Kindest regards

    Ron Scamp

  2. Certainly looks to be Rosemoor Gold.  Attached is a photo of Rosemoor gold from about ten years ago. From your mass planting photo it behaves like Sweetness –  grows so vigorously that it goes blind from over crowding. It is very attractive, clear and upright, but struggled in commerce as it competes directly  with Quail and Sweetness. It appears to be making a comeback, small numbers grown in NL but on the upswing. I liked it from the first meeting, but did not increase for me in Connecticut.

    CWH

  3. Sweetness cup is more refined and not as flared as the one in the picture.
    I would rule out Sweetness.

    Clay

  4. Thanks for the great info, everyone.

    Ron, I do think this is a lovely flower. It’s one of the ones I look forward to most each spring. I’ve heard somewhere (can’t remember now) that in my climate (zone 8a, humid subtropical), jonquillas that normally have more flowers per stem have only one or two. That, and in the photos I posted above I was showing new plantings where I had placed out small bulb offsets. I’d like to get some named stock of ‘Rosemoor Gold’ and ‘Marie Curie Diamond’ sometime to compare.

    CWH and Clay, It is very vigorous for me, even far more than ‘Sweetness’. I planted it next to ‘Sweetness’ and it always blooms just as ‘Sweetness’ is about over, and it’s usually more floriferous than ‘Sweetness’. That, and though I bought the same number of each cultivar, I think my possible-‘Rosemoor Gold’ has multiplied into close to a thousand bulbs (not including the dozens I’ve given away), while ‘Sweetness’ has multiplied into one or two hundred at most.

    Here are some photos of my original planting, about three years later I think.

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