Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): White
Pink
Description: see comments below
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Hybridizer: J.M. de Navarro
Year of registration: 1985
Country of Origin: England
Seed parent: (Waterville x Romance)
Pollen parent: 'Highland Wedding'
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
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: (Waterville x Romance) x Highland Wedding

Common names
  • Large Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 15, 2013 11:37 PM concerning plant:
    'Perianth segments broadly ovate, pure white, spreading, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, a little inflexed, with margins slightly wavy; corona short funnel-shaped, lightly ribbed, pure white, with a well-defined band of pure bright shell pink at rim, mouth straight and 6- lobed, frilled, with rim crenate and margins minutely dentate. Resembles 'Rainbow' but with a whiter perianth and a clearer-pink corona rim.' DaffSeek 12-15-13.

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