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Daffodil details
White Lion
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
WYY |
Originator name |
de Graaff-Gerharda |
Date of first flowering |
pre1949 |
Seed parent |
‘Mary Copeland’ |
Pollen parent |
‘John Evelyn’ |
Description |
Fl. 92 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in two whorls, broadly or very broadly ovate, creamy white; the outer whorl spreading or a little inflexed, truncate and with margins incurled at apex, with broad midrib showing; the inner whorl only slightly shorter, more strongly inflexed, with margins wavy; some separate petaloid segments at centre very strongly inflexed, with margins tightly incurled; corona segments short, clustered or sometimes continuous at centre, more loosely interspersed among the surrounding whorls of petaloid segments, ribbed, light yellow 11B, tinged brilliant yellow 13B, with creamy white at base, frilled, with rim crenate. Mid-season. 2n=28 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
*HC(g) 1956 *AM(g) 1958 *FCC(g) 1968 *AM(p) 1975 AGM 1993 AM Haarlem 1939 FCC Haarlem 1944 AM Haarlem 1953 |
Date when entry last modified |
16 April 2009 |
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