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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 (a) |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
R |
Originator name |
Mrs R.O. Backhouse |
Date of first flowering |
pre1921 |
Description |
Perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, creamy white, spreading, with incurled margins reducing the apparent width, overlapping one-third; the inner segments a little inflexed, with margins sometimes nicked at shoulder; corona broad and shallow bowl-shaped, ribbed, deep cherry red, with mouth even and rim raggedly crenate. Mid-season |
Synonym(s) |
`Glad Eye' |
Award(s) |
PC(e) 1925 AM(e) 1928 |
Date when entry last modified |
17 November 2016 |
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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].