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Daffodil details
White Nile
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 (c) |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
W |
Originator name |
The Brodie of Brodie |
Date of first flowering |
c.1916 |
Seed parent |
’Laughing Water’ |
Pollen parent |
’Mrs Robert Sydenham’ |
Description |
Fl. 100 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, only very slightly mucronate, spreading or a little inflexed, concave near apex, overlapping half; the inner segments only a little narrower, more strongly inflexed, somewhat creased, with margins wavy and sometimes nicked; corona cylindrical, smooth, opening yellow, becoming yellowish white, with a darker tone at rim, mouth flared and frilled, rim notched and crenate, with margins flanged. Mid-season. 2n=29 |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1922 AM(m)(c) 1925 *(Gulval)AM(m) 1936 |
Date when entry last modified |
09 February 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].