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Daffodil details
Duke Ellington
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
11a |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
YYO |
Originator name |
RegNicholl |
Registrant name |
RegNicholl |
Year of registration |
2001 |
Seed parent |
’Achduart’ |
Pollen parent |
’Congress’ |
Seedling number |
11/96 |
Description |
Fl. rounded, 92 mm wide, facing up; perianth segments very broad, deeply truncate, mucronate, brilliant greenish yellow 5A, spreading, plane or somewhat concave, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments reflexed in upper half; corona deeply split, the 6 segments opposite and closely overlying the perianth segments to two-thirds their length, ribbed, vivid yellow 14A, shading to strong orange 25A at rim, deeply bi-lobed, with the lobes overlapping, frilled, with rim crenate. Mid-season. Sunproof. Standard: colour slide provided by registrant (WSY0029996) |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
31 July 2001 |
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