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Daffodil details
Tasvention
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
4 |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
H.G. Cross |
Date of first flowering |
1976 |
Registrant name |
H.G. Cross |
Year of registration |
1991 |
Seed parent |
‘Northern Light’ |
Pollen parent |
‘Acropolis’ |
Seedling number |
59-70 |
Description |
Fl. 105 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in several regularly superimposed whorls, very broadly ovate in outline, blunt or somewhat truncate at apex, not noticeably mucronate, white, spreading, with margins incurling, smooth, overlapping half or more; the inner whorls successively slightly shorter and becoming inflexed, folded at midrib or with margins strongly incurled; some segments clustered at centre, mis-shapen, strongly inflexed, with margins tightly rolled inwards; corona segments short, interspersed, reddish orange, sometimes flecked with yellow. Late. Resembles a slightly earlier-flowered `Ulster Bride' with creamier white perianth segments |
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].