Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Pink
Description: see comments below
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Classics
Hybridizer: J. Lionel Richardson
Year of registration: Registered/flowering pre 1948
Country of Origin: Ireland
Seed parent: 'Rose of Tralee'
Pollen parent: open pollinated
Awards: Award of Merit
First Class Certificate
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: Pink
White
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
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: Award of Merit in 1951 and 1962, PC in1948, FCC 1952
Parentage: Rose of Tralee x open pollinated
Child plants: 19 child plants

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Common names
  • Large Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

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Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: 2018-04-28
Full sun.
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 27, 2013 1:16 PM concerning plant:
    Fl. 108 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, spreading, plane, or a little concave at apex, smooth and of good substance, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, a little inflexed, with margins slightly wavy; corona cylindrical, smooth, light yellowish pink 27A, mouth ribbed, expanded, only slightly wavy, with rim rolled and very shallowly crenate. 2n=27
    'The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database', available at www.rhs.org.uk

    Multiple award winner.

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