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Daffodil details
King's Ransom
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
1 (a) |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
Y |
Originator name |
J.L. Richardson |
Date of first flowering |
pre1950 |
Seed parent |
‘Kingscourt’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Goldcourt’ |
Description |
Fl. forming a double triangle; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, spreading, smooth, concave, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, square-shouldered at base, with margins wavy; corona cylindrical, smooth, mouth ribbed and widely expanded, rim regularly and very deeply notched and crenate, the crenations each folded back at the margins and appearing to be dentate |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
PC 1950 |
Date when entry last modified |
01 April 1998 |
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