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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
1 (a) |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
W.O. Backhouse |
Registrant name |
W.O. Backhouse |
Year of registration |
1959 |
Description |
Fl. rounded, 105 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate in outline, blunt or squarish at apex, rich golden yellow, with prominent white mucro, spreading, ribbed, overlapping half; the inner segments a little narrower, with margins wavy and sometimes nicked; corona funnel-shaped, deep orange, mouth ribbed and widely flared, sometimes deeply split and overlapping, irregularly frilled. Mid-season. Resembles a more upright `Tidd-Pratt' with rounder perianth segments of deeper colour |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
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].