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Daffodil details
Scillonian Sunrise
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
8 |
Perianth colour(s) |
Y |
Corona colour(s) |
O |
Originator name |
Rosewarne EHS |
Date of first flowering |
1980 |
Registrant name |
Trenoweth R. & D. Ltd |
Year of registration |
2001 |
Seed parent |
Sdlg 69/299/20 (’Autumn Sol’ x ’Newton’) |
Pollen parent |
’Matador’ |
Seedling number |
75/436/1 |
Description |
Fls 5-8 per stem, 50 mm wide; perianth segments very broad in outline, squarish and sometimes truncate at apex, brilliant yellow 12B, with prominent white mucro, spreading or slightly reflexed, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments more nearly ovate, spathulate, blunt at apex and less prominently mucronate, more usually spreading, with margins wavy or incurling; corona bowl-shaped, loosely ribbed, light orange (21A), mouth wavy, with rim entire or occasionally notched. Early. Strongly scented. Resembles an earlier-flowered 'Hugh Town' of slightly better form. Standard: colour print provided by registrant (WSY0030026) |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
29 April 2002 |
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