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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
J.L. Richardson |
Date of first flowering |
pre1942 |
Seed parent |
’Marksman’ |
Pollen parent |
’Porthilly’ |
Description |
Fl. 114 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, fairly prominently mucronate, vivid yellow 12A, spreading, plane, with margins minutely incurling, regular, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, a little inflexed; corona short funnel-shaped, orange, paler at base, with mouth straight and regularly frilled. Early to mid-season. Sunproof |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1951 *AM(g) 1963 AM Haarlem 1954 FCC Haarlem 1956 |
Date when entry last modified |
25 October 2007 |
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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].