Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 3 - Small-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: has variation - color/div look may change with maturity
Bloom season: Spring
Hybridizer: W. Backhouse
Year of registration: Registered, flowering noted by 1869
Country of Origin: England
Origin of name: not to be confused, name has been used as a 'group' name
Seed parent: N. x incomparabilis
Pollen parent: N. poeticus
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: Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
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: N. x incomparabilis x N. poeticus
Child plants: one child plant

Image
Common names
  • Small Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil
Also sold as:
  • Barrii Conspicuus

Photo Gallery

Date: c. 1931
'Barrii Conspicuus' is the bottom left daffodil in the image, whi

Date: c. 1898
photo ['Barrii Conspicuus' is topmost] from the 1898 catalog, Bar
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Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 2, 2014 3:22 PM concerning plant:
    Old House Gardens describes Conspicuus thusly - 'Delicate looking but strong-growing, this graceful flower – long known as ‘Barrii Conspicuus’ – was one of the landmark achievements of the Victorian daffodil renaissance. A clump in bloom, with its fluttering petals and crinkled, orange-rimmed cup, may well remind you of a host of antique butterflies. 3 Y-YYO, 14-16”, zones 4a-7b.'

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