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Daffodil details
Sunset Skies
Registered? |
Yes |
Division |
11a |
Perianth colour(s) |
W |
Corona colour(s) |
P |
Originator name |
ColinCrotty |
Date of first flowering |
2006 |
Registrant name |
ColinCrotty |
Year of registration |
2014 |
Seed parent |
’Ironstone’ |
Pollen parent |
sdlg (’Pitta’ open pollinated) |
Seedling number |
CC32-06 |
Description |
Fl. 98mm wide; perianth segments 32mm long, broadly ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, spreading, plane or with margins incurling, with midrib showing, of heavy substance, overlapping half or more; the inner segments narrower, scarcely mucronate, a little inflexed; corona 22mm long, split to base, forming an outer and an inner whorl of three segments, three-quarters the length of and the same width as the perianth segments, opening deep reddish pink, becoming pale pink, darker in tone at the margins; the outer whorl closely overlying the perianth segments, bi-lobed, with lobes overlapping; the inner whorl somewhat inflexed, lobed, folded along midrib and frilled. Strongly scented. Mid-season |
Synonym(s) |
none |
Award(s) |
none |
Date when entry last modified |
10 February 2017 |
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