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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 (b) |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
WWP |
Originator name |
J.M. de Navarro |
Date of first flowering |
1973 |
Registrant name |
Rathowen Daffodils |
Year of registration |
1985 |
Seed parent |
‘Waterville’ x ‘Romance’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Highland Wedding’ |
Seedling number |
392 |
Description |
Perianth segments broadly ovate, pure white, spreading, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, a little inflexed, with margins slightly wavy; corona short funnel-shaped, lightly ribbed, pure white, with a well-defined band of pure bright shell pink at rim, mouth straight and 6-lobed, frilled, with rim crenate and margins minutely dentate. Mid-season. Resembles `Rainbow' but with a whiter perianth and a clearer-pink corona rim |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
01 April 1998 |
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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].