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Daffodil details
Dinkie
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
3 (a) |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
GYR |
Originator name |
F.H. Chapman |
Date of first flowering |
pre1927 |
Seed parent |
‘Princess Mary’ |
Pollen parent |
’Crimson Braid’ |
Description |
Perianth segments very broad, truncate, slightly mucronate, pale greenish yellow, spreading or a little reflexed, with margins narrowly incurlng at apex, of waxy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, more nearly ovate, spreading, with margins wavy or slightly incurved; corona bowl-shaped, narrowly ribbed, darker in tone than the perianth, with green at base and a well-defined narrow band of red at rim, mouth split in places and overlapping, frilled, rim minutely crenate. Mid-season. 2n=21 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(c) 1930 FCC(e) 1935 *AM(g) 1936 |
Date when entry last modified |
25 May 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].