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Daffodil details
Grand Soleil d'Or
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
8 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
?Dutch origin |
Date of first flowering |
pre1770 |
Description |
Fls 10-20 per stem, 43 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, brilliant yellow 7A or a little deeper in colour than vivid yellow 12a, with long white mucro, spreading, plane, overlapping half; the inner segments only very slightly mucronate, sharply narrowing from mid-point to base, with margins a little wavy; corona cup-shaped, smooth, yellow-orange (17A or 21A), mouth straight or a little incurved, even or somewhat 3-angled, rim entire. Very early. Scented. 2n=20,30. Resembles a larger-flowered `Soleil d'Or' with a more vividly coloured corona |
Synonym(s) |
Tazetta `Grand Soleil d`Or' |
Award(s) |
*AM(p) 1977 |
Date when entry last modified |
10 October 2017 |
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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].