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Daffodil details
Lewis Gordon
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
3 |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
GYO |
Originator name |
J.S.B.Lea |
Date of first flowering |
1985 |
Registrant name |
D.C.MacArthur |
Year of registration |
2009 |
Seed parent |
’Purbeck’ |
Pollen parent |
Lea sdlg 4-25-76 |
Seedling number |
ED8506 |
Description |
Fl. forming a double triangle, 107 mm wide; perianth segments 47 mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, yellowish white 155D, spreading, with margins incurling and with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping one-third; the inner segments narrower, less prominently mucronate, inflexed; corona 14 mm long, bowl-shaped, smooth, brilliant yellow 13C, with moderate yellow-green 146D at base and a band of orange (23A) at rim, mouth straight, narrowly ribbed, lightly frilled and irregularly lobed, with rim crenate. Late. Sweetly scented |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
09 November 2011 |
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