Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 4 - Double
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: see comments below
Hybridizer: Speelman & Sons
Year of registration: Yes (1st flowering pre 1946)
Awards: Award of Merit
First Class Certificate
Links: DaffSeek - Daffodil Database
RHS - Daffodil Register

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Provides winter interest
Erosion control
Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Gophers/Voles
Rabbit Resistant
Squirrels
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets
Bulbs
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant
Awards and Recognitions: Other: Award of Merit 1946, 1950, and 1978; FCC 1950 and 1952
Parentage: Sport of: King Alfred

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Common names
  • Double Daffodil
  • Double Narcissus
  • Daffodil

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Location: Cisco, Tx (between Dallas and Abilene)
Date: 2019-03-23
Unfortunately, so top heavy that it falls over.
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-02-25

Date: 2020-03-31
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2022-02-16
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-04-30

Date: 2011-04-09
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA (zone 7b north Geogia mountains)
Date: 2021-03-19
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-02
Stem can be a bit floppy, but it carries a large bloom.

Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Longfield gardens
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Uploaded by JimTim

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: St L Daffodil Show
Date: 2016-04-09

Date: 2009-04-22
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-01
This plant has been growing here for a number of years.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-01
This plant has been growing here for a number of years.
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2012-04-01
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on May 1, 2013 8:46 PM concerning plant:
    Fl. rounded, 110 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in several whorls, regularly superimposed, vivid yellow 9A, with slight whitish mucro, of waxy texture, overlapping one-third; the outer whorls broadly ovate, spreading, plane; the inner whorls successively slightly narrower, slightly shorter, more strongly inflexed, with margins incurved or wavy; the centre whorl contorted and sharply inflexed; corona segments shorter than the petaloid segments and interspersed among them, broad, slightly darker in tone (12A), with rim crenate. 2n=28. Closely resembles a less readily forced 'Planet'
    ‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk
    This is a 'King Alfred' sport.
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Catmint20906 On April 30, 2015 Bloomed
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Bulbs set out.
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