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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
3 (b) |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
R |
Originator name |
J.L. Richardson |
Date of first flowering |
pre1937 |
Seed parent |
‘Folly’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Hades’ |
Description |
Fl. about 90 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt or truncate, prominently mucronate, white, with slight shading of pale yellow-green 4D, smooth, with midrib showing, overlapping half; the inner segments only slightly mucronate, with margins a little wavy; corona broad disc-shaped, closely ribbed, orange-red (near 32A), with mouth obscurely 6-lobed and rim unevenly crenate. Mid-season. Sunproof |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1943 FCC(e) 1946 *AM(g) 1952 |
Date when entry last modified |
12 April 2016 |
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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].