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Daffodil details
Rose of May
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
W |
Originator name |
G.L. Wilson |
Date of first flowering |
pre1950 |
Seed parent |
’Sacrifice’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Smyrna’ |
Description |
Fl. rounded, 65 mm wide, pale creamy white; perianth and other petaloid segments in several whorls (3?), very broad, rounded or a little truncate at apex, only very slightly mucronate, somewhat irregular, overlapping half or more; the outer whorl spreading or a little inflexed, plane; the inner whorls very little shorter, successively more strongly inflexed, with margins incurved, often folded at midrib; the centre segments strongly inflexed, with margins tightly incurled. Late. Scented |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1957 AM Haarlem 1950 |
Date when entry last modified |
07 January 2003 |
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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].