Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: see comments below
Special Classes: ADS Classics
Hybridizer: J. Lionel Richardson
Year of registration: Registered/flowering pre 1945
Country of Origin: Ireland
Seed parent: Bloemlust
Pollen parent: Crocus ?
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: White
Yellow
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
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: Bloemlust x Crocus?

Common names
  • Large Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 30, 2013 6:16 PM concerning plant:
    'Perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, only very slightly mucronate, pure white, spreading, concave at apex, of great substance, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, a little inflexed; corona clear deep lemon yellow, with mouth expanded and ribbed, even, rim widely rolled, deeply notched and crenate.' DaffSeek 12-30-13.

    One of two cultivars so named.

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