Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 3 - Small-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): White
Green
Red
Description: Petals are pure white, cup is yellow (though coded as white) w/ a bit of soft green at base and an orange-red narrow band at rim. Seed and pollen fertile, used twice in latter role.
Bloom season: L - Late Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: RHS Historics List
ADS Historics
Intermediates List
Hybridizer: Guy L. Wilson
Year of registration: pre 1934
Country of Origin: Northern Ireland
Seed parent: Dactyl
Pollen parent: 'Mystic'
Awards: Award of Merit
Wister Award
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 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 17 -19 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Multi-Color: white perianth with yellow ringed orange corona,,, coded W - GWR
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
Awards and Recognitions: Other: Wister 2010; AM Haarlem 1949; AM(e) 1938
Parentage: Dactyl x Mystic

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Common names
  • Small-Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

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Date: 2008-04-09
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-04-16
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Apr 17, 2015 11:13 AM concerning plant:
    This small cupped daffodil is "often mistaken for a poeticus because of its form, fragrance and coloration of white petals and a green-eyed, white cup with a pinkish red edge; unmistakable show form and is lovely in the garden. 1934; 15 to 18 inches; late spring."
    Quoted from Brent and Becky's.
    Wister winner.
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Apr 12, 2017 12:22 PM concerning plant:
    Winner of the prestigious ADS Wister Award (for outstanding garden merit) in 2010.

    I originally purchased this cultivar with the intention of forcing it; however, the large size of the bulb meant it needed a larger container than I had available at the time. Thusly, it was planted in the garden and has done well there ever since.

    Old House Gardens says - 'Looking like a platinum-blond pheasant’s-eye narcissus, ‘Dreamlight’ features a wide, flat, rippled eye of champagne-white that’s perfectly set off by a narrow ribbon of orange suffused with pink. Backed by round, moon-like petals, it’s ethereal, unique, and in 2009 it won the Wister Award, the American Daffodil Society’s highest honor! 3 W-GWR, 17-19”, late-blooming, zones 5a-7b.'
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