Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 4 - Double
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Orange
Description: see comments
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Historics
Hybridizer: William F.M. Copeland
Year of registration: Registered, flowering 1913
Country of Origin: England
Origin of name: creator's daughter
Seed parent: sdlg
Pollen parent: 'Orange Phoenix'
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)
Plant Height: 16 to 20 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Orange
White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Provides winter interest
Erosion control
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: AM 3 times, FCC twice
Parentage: sdlg x Orange Phoenix
Child plants: 7 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Double Daffodil
  • Double Narcissus
  • Daffodil

Photo Gallery
Photo by gemini_sage

Date: c. 1936
photo from the 1936 catalog, John Scheepers, New York City

Date: c. 1948
photo from the Spring 1948 issue of the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Photo by gemini_sage

Date: 2005-04-24
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 5, 2014 12:39 PM concerning plant:
    From Old House Gardens - 'One of the most popular doubles of the 20th-century, ‘Mary’ combines a flurry of creamy white petals with shorter, frilly bits of lemon, orange, and tangerine. She’s livelier and more informal than her daffodil sister ‘Irene’ — though apparently this wasn’t true of the real Mary and Irene. For Mary’s true story, told to us by her niece, click here. 4 W-O, 16-20”, zones 4a-7b.'

    Seed (10 times) and pollen fertile (once).

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