Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped)
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: see comments below
Bloom season: VE - Very Early Spring
Height classification: Dwarf (to 12.8")
Special Classes: ADS Classics
Miniatures List
Hybridizer: J. Gerritsen & Son
Year of registration: pre 1953
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Awards: Award of Garden Merit
Award of Merit
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)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: dwarf (
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Other: Forcible
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
Preferred depth: shoulders should clear soil line
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant
Child plants: 11 child plants

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Common names
  • Trumpet Miniature Daffodil
  • Miniature Narcissus
  • Daffodil
  • Trumpet Daffodil

Photo Gallery
Location: Hexham Alpine Garden Society Show, Northumberland, England, UK
Date: 2006-03-18
Narcissus Little Beauty
Location: All Saints Daffodil Show -Tasmania
Date: 15 SEPT
Little Beauty
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Oct 6, 2013 9:39 AM concerning plant:
    RHS describes thusly:'Perianth segments ovate, blunt, greenish white, a little inflexed, twisted or with margins recurved, overlapping a quarter; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, more distinctly twisted; corona cylindrical, smooth, vivid yellow, paling to the perianth colour towards base, mouth ribbed, rim flanged and deeply and closely notched. Dwarf. 2n=14'
    ‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk
    A dwarf multi-award winnerthat is both seed and pollen fertile w/ an impressive listing of descendants available at this DaffSeek site (10-6-13)
    http://daffseek.org/query/Desc...
    (19 times seed parent, 6 times pollen parent).
    Characteristics of short stature and early blooming make this cultivar a prime candidate to force over winter. May be translocated to garden to bloom in successive years.

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