Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 4 - Double
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: see comments below
Bloom season: L - Late Spring
Hybridizer: Harold G. Cross
Year of registration: 1984
Country of Origin: Australia
Origin of name: Part of Harold Cross' “Tas Series”.
Seed parent: Camelot
Pollen parent: ('Kingscourt' x 'Fiji')
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
Parentage: Camelot x (Kingscourt x Fiji)

Common names
  • Double Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 4, 2013 3:57 PM concerning plant:
    'Perianth and other petaloid segments in three whorls, broadly ovate, blunt, vivid yellow, with white mucro, a little inflexed, with margins incurling at apex, overlapping half; the inner whorls successively slightly shorter and more inflexed; a few narrow segments clustered at center, short, twisted, strongly inflexed; corona segments almost as long as the inner whorls of petaloid segments, loosely arranged opposite and among them, broad, rounded, deeper in tone.'
    DaffSeek 12-4-13.

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