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Daffodil details
Spring Diamond
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
11b |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
O/W |
Originator name |
J.W.A. Lefeber |
Registrant name |
P.Q.M.Pennings |
Year of registration |
1988 |
Seed parent |
(‘Papillon Blanc’ x ‘Barrett Browning’) |
Pollen parent |
‘Papillon Blanc’ |
Seedling number |
200 |
Description |
Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, deeply truncate, slightly mucronate, spreading, creased or with margins infolding, overlapping half; the inner segments with margins wavy; corona split, the six segments two-thirds the length of the perianth segments and alternate to them, broad, rounded at apex, with a narrow longitudinal band of orange at midrib becoming narrower still in mid-zone and broadening again at apex, flanked by canary yellow at base and itself becoming canary yellow towards apex, with ivory white at margins, spreading, with margins sometimes incurling, overlapping; sometimes with a long "thumb" at margin at base. Mid-season. Resembles `Brilliant Star' |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
16 June 2008 |
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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].