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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
R |
Originator name |
J.L. Richardson |
Date of first flowering |
pre1952 |
Seed parent |
‘Falaise’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Limerick’ |
Description |
Fl. 108 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in three whorls, broadly ovate, blunt or squarish at apex, creamy white, smooth, overlapping half; the outer whorl prominently mucronate, a little inflexed, with midrib showing; the inner whorls only very slightly mucronate; the second whorl a little shorter than the outer and more strongly inflexed; the centre whorl shorter still, strongly inflexed, crumpled and with margins incurling; corona segments very short, tightly frilled and clustered among the petaloid segments at centre, or more loosely frilled and interspersed among the surrounding whorls, orange-red (30B). Late. 2n=28 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1955 |
Date when entry last modified |
11 November 2019 |
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If you have a further inquiry about the names of daffodils and/or their parents, it should be made to the International Daffodil Registrar, Melanie Underwood at the following address: RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB, UK. Tel. (+44) (0)1483 212403. E-mail: [email protected].