Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 3 - Small-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: Rounded flower w/ petals that open white turning yellowish white. quite shallow bowl shaped cup is light apricot yellow w/ whitish yellow tints and darker toned at rim. 56 times a seed parent, 28 times a pollen parent.
Bloom season: L - Late Spring
Height classification: Tall (over 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Classics
Hybridizer: Grant E. Mitsch
Year of registration: 1958
Country of Origin: United States
Seed parent: Green Island
Pollen parent: 'Chinese White'
Awards: Preliminary Commendation
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
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: PC 1962
Parentage: Green Island x Chinese White
Child plants: 35 child plants

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Common names
  • Small Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Photo Gallery
Location: Harrogate Flower Show
Date: 2019-04-27
Location: Harrogate Spring Flower Show 2015, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2015-04-25
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Sep 24, 2015 10:29 AM concerning plant:
    This white and yellow cultivar has been utilized big time in the world of daffodil breeding programs. It's been used as a seed parent 56 times and as a pollen parent 28 times resulting in 73 named daffodil descendants plus 11 noted seedlings. These breeding programs occurred in countries where English is the primary language. Most of the work happened in the 1970s but the most recent hybridization noted was in 2010.

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