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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
7 |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
YYW |
Originator name |
A. Gray |
Date of first flowering |
pre1954 |
Seed parent |
{N. jonquilla} |
Pollen parent |
‘John Evelyn’ x ‘Red Cross’ |
Description |
Fls 1-2 per stem, 65 mm wide, opening yellow; perianth segments broadly ovate, prominently mucronate, becoming ivory white, spreading or a little inflexed, with margins incurling, overlapping half; the inner segments more nearly roundish, less noticeably mucronate, with margins deeply incurved; corona bowl-shaped, broadly ribbed, becoming between brilliant yellow 8A and light greenish yellow 8B, with creamy white at rim, mouth very shallowly lobed, wavy, with rim minutely notched. Mid-season. 2n=21 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
*AM(p) 1986 |
Date when entry last modified |
16 April 2009 |
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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].