Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): White
Pink
Green
Description: RHS - 'rounded, 100 mm wide; perianth segments overlapping; corona opening with a wide band of pink at rim, becoming almost entirely pink, with cool green at base.' Seed and pollen fertile. 9 times as seed and 3 times as pollen.
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Height classification: Tall (over 26.6")
Hybridizer: A.N. Kanouse
Year of registration: 1972
Country of Origin: United States
Seed parent: Green Island
Pollen parent: 'Interim'
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)
Plant Height: 18"
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Multi-Color: pink rim w/ green base front white petals
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Other: Forcible
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: Green Island x Interim
Child plants: 6 child plants

Image
Common names
  • Large Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-04-25
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-04-21
The blooms start out as this, before aging to a beautiful colored
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-04-09
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2014-04-25
Aging to this beautiful colored cup from my previous pic on 4/21
Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: April 2014
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2015-03-31
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jun 1, 2013 7:09 PM concerning plant:
    Superb color - overlapping white petals behind a bowl shaped cup banded in coral-pink w/ a cool luminous green eye; w/ maturity cup goes pale coral-pink w/ cup edge color darker.
    May be forced and afterward transferred to garden to bloom out there in following springs.
    Both seed and pollen fertile. ADS has list of descendants.

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