Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 3 - Small-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Red
Description: White/cream petals w/ disc shape cup a brilliant orange red
Bloom season: M - Mid Spring
Hybridizer: Rev. G.H. Engleheart
Year of registration: Registered, pre 1897
Country of Origin: England
Seed parent: Princess Mary
Pollen parent: {N. poeticus} var. {recurvus} sdlg
Awards: First Class Certificate
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: Red
White
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
Awards and Recognitions: Other: FCC 1977
Parentage: Princess Mary x (N. poeticus var. recurvus x Poet?)
Child plants: 14 child plants

Common names
  • Small Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 19, 2014 11:40 AM concerning plant:
    An early cultivar from the right Rev. G H Engleheart of England in the late 1890's that's been used in breeding 41 times as a seed parent and twice as a pollen parent. All of the resultant crosses originated from the British Isles up to the mid 1930s by 10 different breeders.

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