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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
3 (b) |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
YYO |
Originator name |
Mrs R.O. Backhouse |
Date of first flowering |
pre1921 |
Seed parent |
?‘Will Scarlett’ hybrid |
Description |
Perianth segments broadly ovate, rounded at apex, slightly mucronate, pure white, spreading, with margins sometimes wavy or incurled, overlapping half; the inner segments slightly inflexed, not noticeably mucronate, somewhat truncate, asymmetrically shouldered at base; corona disc-shaped, ribbed, pale bright yellow, shading to intense yellow-orange at rim, with the rim closely and minutely dentate |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1933 AM Haarlem 1932 |
Date when entry last modified |
12 December 2013 |
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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].