Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped)
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: All yellow dwarf trumpet daffodil
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Height classification: Dwarf (to 12.8")
Special Classes: ADS Classics
Hybridizer: Guy L. Wilson
Year of registration: Registered, flowering pre 1944
Country of Origin: Northern Ireland
Seed parent: Counsellor
Pollen parent: open pollinated
Awards: 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)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: 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: AM twice 1946 and 48
Parentage: Counsellor x open pollinated
Child plants: 8 child plants

Common names
  • Trumpet Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 18, 2014 2:06 PM concerning plant:
    This classic award-winning (twice AM), all yellow, dwarf trumpet daffodil from Northern Ireland, bred by Guy Wilson mid last century, is both seed and pollen fertile. It has been used as a seed parent 11 times and as a pollen parent 8 times. A list of descendants may be seen at the ADS site DaffSeek.

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