Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 9 - Poeticus
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Red
Description: RHS says 'perianth segments broadly ovate, slightly reflexed, with margins incurling; the outer segments touching one another at margin; corona very shallow bowl-shaped, brilliant greenish yellow 6C, with a narrow band of orange-red at rim'
Bloom season: L - Late Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Hybridizer: W.A.Bender
Year of registration: Yes 1996 (1st flowering in 1980)
Country of Origin: United States
Seed parent: ’Milan’
Pollen parent: 'Cantabile'
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 7b
Plant Height: 12-26 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: spicey fragrance
Flower Color: Green
Red
White
Yellow
Other: W-YYR white petals (greenish) yel cup w/ or-red band at rim
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
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

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Common names
  • Daffodil
  • Poeticus Daffodil

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Location: Central Pennsylvania
Date: 28 April 2013
narcisus Kitty Lapp
Comments:
  • Posted by ldemmert on May 1, 2013 9:21 AM concerning plant:
    Late bloom, sensitive to heat. Kitty Lapp was my grandmother, who had thousands of daffodils naturalized over 7 acres.

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