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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 (b) |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
YYO |
Originator name |
Mrs R.O. Backhouse |
Date of first flowering |
pre1921 |
Description |
Perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, fairly prominently mucronate, yellowish white, a little inflexed, concave and with margins sometimes incurling, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments more strongly inflexed and with margins wavy; corona bowl-shaped, smooth, butter yellow, with reddish orange at rim, mouth expanded and a little frilled, rim irregularly and slightly notched |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM Haarlem 1929 FA Haarlem 1936 |
Date when entry last modified |
25 March 1999 |
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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].