Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 4 - Double
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): 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: 1991
Country of Origin: Australia
Origin of name: Part of Harold Cross' “Tas Series”.
Seed parent: Northern Light
Pollen parent: 'Acropolis'
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
White
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: Northern Light x Acropolis

Common names
  • Double Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Dec 4, 2013 5:26 PM concerning plant:
    'Fl. 105 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in several regularly superimposed whorls, very broadly ovate in outline, blunt or somewhat truncate at apex, not noticeably mucronate, white, spreading, with margins incurling, smooth, overlapping half or more; the inner whorls successively slightly shorter and becoming inflexed, folded at midrib or with margins strongly incurled; some segments clustered at center, mis-shapen, strongly inflexed, with margins tightly rolled inwards; corona segments short, interspersed, reddish orange, sometimes flecked with yellow Resembles a slightly earlier-flowered 'Ulster Bride' with creamier white perianth segments.' DaffSeek 12-4-13

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