Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 4 - Double
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
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: (Kingscourt x Fiji)
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: Yellow
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
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: (Kingscourt x Fiji) x Fiji

Common names
  • Double Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 4, 2013 4:52 PM concerning plant:
    'Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in three whorls; the two outer whorls of about equal length, broadly or very broadly ovate, blunt or somewhat truncate, brilliant yellow with white mucro, a little inflexed, with margins sometimes slightly incurling, smooth, overlapping half; the centre whorl strongly inflexed, with margins heavily incurled; corona segments half to three-quarters the length of the perianth segments, broad, vivid yellow, some clustered at centre, strongly inflexed and closely frilled, some loosely interspersed among the petaloid segments, more nearly spreading, with margins wavy.' DaffSeek 12-4-13

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