Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 4 - Double
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: A double daffodil. White perianth, yellow corona.
Bloom season: M - Mid Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Historics
Hybridizer: W.F.M. Copeland
Year of registration: Yes (1st flowering pre1915)
Country of Origin: England
Origin of name: daughter of hybridizer
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)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
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: FCC + AM (twice)
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Double Daffodil
  • Double Narcissus
  • Daffodil

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Date: c. 1940
photo from the 1940 catalog, J. R. McLean, Elma, Washington
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-04-22
Location: my Zone 7b garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2023-03-16
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-02
Aged blooms are considerably lighter.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-04-30
First year blooms.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-04-27
First year plants
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 4, 2014 11:06 PM concerning plant:
    According to Old House Gardens - 'This is the neatest double daffodil we’ve ever seen. With creamy white petals arranged just so and trimmed with bits of pale primrose yellow, it would look perfect on an Edwardian lady’s Easter bonnet.'

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