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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
3 (a) |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
Y |
Originator name |
J.L. Richardson |
Registrant name |
J.L. Richardson |
Year of registration |
1959 |
Seed parent |
’Green Island’ |
Pollen parent |
’Chinese White’ |
Description |
Fl. rounded, 83 mm wide, green-yellow (near to 149D); perianth segments very broad, rounded or squarish at apex, slightly mucronate, opening white, spreading, plane, smooth, with broad midrib showing, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower, not noticeably mucronate, slightly truncate, with margins recurved at base and incurled towards apex; corona small bowl-shaped, loosely ribbed, with a deeper tone of yellow at base, mouth split in places and overlapping, frilled, with rim crenate |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1961 |
Date when entry last modified |
17 November 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].