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Daffodil details
Cheerfulness
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
Y |
Originator name |
J.B. van der Schoot |
Date of first flowering |
pre1923 |
Seed parent |
’Elvira’ sport |
Description |
Fls 3-4 per stem, 57 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments white; the outer whorl very broad in outline, rounded or squarish at apex and sometimes truncate, prominently mucronate, spreading, some segments concave, some with margins wavy or incurling, overlapping half or more; the inner segments of the outer whorl not noticeably mucronate; the centre whorl half as long, clustered, strongly inflexed, deeply concave; corona segments very short, interspersed among the petaloid segments at centre, yellow. Mid-season. Scented. 2n=24 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1926 *HC(g) 1927 *AM(g) 1936 *FCC(g) 1939 AGM 1995 AM Haarlem 1923 |
Date when entry last modified |
29 June 2017 |
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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].