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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
Mrs R.O. Backhouse |
Date of first flowering |
pre1921 |
Description |
Perianth and other petaloid segments in several whorls, opening pale greenish yellow, becoming creamy white; the outer whorl broadly ovate, blunt, only very slightly mucronate, spreading, overlapping half; the inner whorls as broad as the outer whorl, a little shorter, slightly inflexed, creased or with margins incurling; the centre whorl fewer than six in number, much shorter, narrow, strongly inflexed; the corona segments one-third the length of the inner whorls of petaloid segments and loosely interspersed among them, more tightly clustered at centre, deep vivid reddish orange, deeply frilled. Sunproof. 2n=21 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM Haarlem 1923 FA Haarlem 1934 FCC Haarlem 1934 |
Date when entry last modified |
29 September 2003 |
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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].