Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 4 - Double
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Orange
Description: see comments below
Bloom season: L - Late Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Hybridizer: Harold G. Cross
Year of registration: 1992
Country of Origin: Australia
Origin of name: Part of Harold Cross' “Tas Series”.
Seed parent: Hot Stuff
Pollen parent: '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)
Plant Height: 12-26 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
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: Hot Stuff x Fiji

Common names
  • Double Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 4, 2013 3:51 PM concerning plant:
    'Fl. 110 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments of more or less equal length, broadly ovate, blunt, brilliant yellow with white mucro plane, creased at midrib, overlapping half or more; outer whorl spreading; inner whorl inflexed; few narrow segments at center strongly inflexed, twisted; corona segments almost half as long as the petaloid segments, clustered among them at center, more loosely arranged between the surrounding whorls, strong orange with longitudinal bands of yellow, frilled.' DaffSeek 12-4-13.
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 4, 2013 3:53 PM concerning plant:
    'Fl. 110 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments of more or less equal length, broadly ovate, blunt, brilliant yellow with white mucro plane, creased at midrib, overlapping half or more; outer whorl spreading; inner whorl inflexed; few narrow segments at center strongly inflexed, twisted; corona segments almost half as long as the petaloid segments, clustered among them at center, more loosely arranged between the surrounding whorls, strong orange with longitudinal bands of yellow, frilled.'
    DaffSeek 12-4-13

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