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Daffodil details
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
Y |
Originator name |
H.G. Cross |
Date of first flowering |
1977 |
Registrant name |
H.G. Cross |
Year of registration |
1992 |
Seed parent |
(‘Kingscourt’ x ‘Fiji’) |
Pollen parent |
‘Fiji’ |
Seedling number |
S286 |
Description |
Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in three whorls; the two outer whorls of about equal length, broadly or very broadly ovate, blunt or somewhat truncate, brilliant yellow 7A with white mucro, a little inflexed, with margins sometimes slightly incurling, smooth, overlapping half; the centre whorl strongly inflexed, with margins heavily incurled; corona segments half to three-quarters the length of the perianth segments, broad, vivid yellow 14A, some clustered at centre, strongly inflexed and closely frilled, some loosely interspersed among the petaloid segments, more nearly spreading, with margins wavy. Late |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
28 November 2007 |
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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].