Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 3 - Small-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Green
Description: RHS -'Fl. 85 mm wide; corona frilled.' bright wh petals, gold yel cup, w/ frilled red rim.
Bloom season: M - Mid Spring
Hybridizer: Ballydorn Bulb Farm
Year of registration: 1978
Country of Origin: Northern Ireland
Origin of name: 1st English settlement in America (Va)
Pollen parent: 'Irish Minstrel'
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 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 14 to 17"
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Green
Other: W - GYY (green eye)
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: 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
Parentage: Ballymartin x Irish Minstrel

Common names
  • Small-cupped Daffodil
  • Short-cupped Narcissus
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jun 3, 2013 11:35 PM concerning plant:
    Pollen fertile, used twice in new cultivar production in 1991. Pollen parent for Fairy Glen and Fairy Spell.
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