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Daffodil details

Lune de Miel

Registered?

Yes

Division

4

Perianth colour(s)

W

Corona colour(s)

Y

Originator name

R.O. Backhouse

Date of first flowering

pre1928

Seed parent

{N.}

Pollen parent

{incomparabilis}

Description

Perianth and other petaloid segments pure white, broadly ovate, blunt, only very slightly mucronate, spreading, or a little inflexed, overlapping one-third; the second whorl of uneven length a little shorter than the perianth segments, ovate, inflexed, sometimes recurved at apex, creased or folded at midrib, overlapping a quarter to one-third; a few short segments at centre, narrow, strongly inflexed, with margins tightly rolled inwards; corona segments very short, clustered among the petaloid segments at centre, opening apricot yellow, becoming creamy yellow, frilled. Early to mid-season

Synonym(s)

none

Award(s)

none

Date when entry last modified

28 November 2007

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