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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
1 (d) |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
WWY |
Originator name |
G.L. Wilson |
Date of first flowering |
pre1944 |
Seed parent |
‘King of the North’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Content’ |
Description |
Fl. 100-115 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, brilliant greenish yellow 6B, paler at base, spreading, somewhat twisted, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments a little reflexed, more strongly twisted; corona cylindrical, smooth, opening paler than brilliant greenish yellow 6B, with whitish base, becoming almost pure white, with a line of greenish yellow at rim, remaining yellow on the outside, mouth expanded and frilled, rim flanged, deeply and irregularly notched. 2n=28,29 |
Synonym(s) |
`Spellbound' |
Award(s) |
AM(e) 1948 *AM(g) 1971 *AM(p) 1978 *FCC(g) 1980 *FCC(p) 1985 AGM 1993 AM Haarlem 1950 |
Date when entry last modified |
24 November 2014 |
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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].