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Daffodil details
Velvet Spring
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
2 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
Y |
Originator name |
R. & E.Havens |
Date of first flowering |
1990 |
Registrant name |
R. & E.Havens |
Year of registration |
2000 |
Seed parent |
’Festivity’ open pollinated |
Seedling number |
ZO21/1 |
Description |
Fl. forming a double triangle, 110 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate in outline, blunt or somewhat squarish at apex, light yellow, with slight white mucro, a little reflexed, plane, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, inflexed at base, reflexed at apex, with margins wavy; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, slightly darker in tone than the perianth, shading to an even darker tone at rim, with pink at base outside, mouth flared and narrowly ribbed, wavy, with rim crenate. Late. Sunproof |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
05 December 2001 |
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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].