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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
R |
Originator name |
Brian S. Duncan |
Registrant name |
Rathowen Daffodils |
Year of registration |
1983 |
Seed parent |
‘Smokey Bear’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Altruist’ |
Seedling number |
667 |
Description |
Fl. 112 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments broadly ovate, blunt or truncate, yellow, overlapping half; the outer whorl with slight white mucro, spreading; the inner whorl a little shorter, with less noticeable mucro, inflexed; segments at centre not much shorter, irregularly arranged, strongly inflexed, with margins tightly or very tightly incurled; corona segments half the length of the petaloid segments and clustered among them at centre, more loosely arranged between the surrounding whorls, frilled. Mid-season |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
16 June 2015 |
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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].