Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped)
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): White
Description: 'Fl. opening soft sulfur yellow, becoming creamy white, facing down; corona cylindrical, slender.' DaffSeek 11-14-13
Bloom season: EM - Early to Mid Spring
Height classification: Dwarf (to 12.8")
Hybridizer: de Graaff Bros.
Year of registration: Registered/flowering pre 1907
Seed parent: 'Madame de Graaff' self pollinated
Pollen parent: Madame de Graaff
Awards: Award of Merit
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)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: dwarf
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
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
Child plants: 8 child plants

Common names
  • Trumpet Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 14, 2013 7:34 PM concerning plant:
    Both seed and pollen fertile; often used in breeding programs (9 times seed parent, 12 times pollen parent). Full list of descendants available from the ADS DaffSeek site - http://daffseek.org/query/Desc... (11-14-13). Breeding programs were mostly in the 1st half of the last century.

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