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Daffodil details
Downfield
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
MauriceKerr |
Date of first flowering |
1997 |
Registrant name |
MauriceKerr |
Year of registration |
2011 |
Seed parent |
’Smokey Bear’ |
Pollen parent |
’Limbo’ |
Seedling number |
MK52 |
Description |
Fl. 110mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in three whorls; the outer whorl 50mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, slightly truncate and mucronate, spreading, concave, with margins incurved, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments narrower and shouldered at base; the middle whorl shorter and narrower than the outer whorl, inflexed and slightly creased; the inner whorl more strongly inflexed, folded inwards from midrib, with margins incurled and wavy; corona segments half the length of the perianth segments, interspersed among the middle and inner whorls of perianth segments and clustered at centre, broad, with wavy margins. Mid-season |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
08 February 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].