Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): White
Description: Brilliant reverse bi-color w/ greenish-yellow petals & funnel shape flanged cup that changes to white. Flower forms a double triangle.
Bloom season: M - Mid Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Hybridizer: H. Wijnhout & Son
Year of registration: 2011
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Seed parent: Mount Hood
Pollen parent: Spellbinder
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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 18-20"
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: Sweetly scented
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Other: reverse bicolor
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Spring
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: Mount Hood x Spellbinder

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Common names
  • Large-Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

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Location: New York Botanical Gardens Bronx NY
Date: May 2, 2015
Full sun
Location: southeast Ohio
Date: 2018-04-13
Comments:
  • Posted by mantisOH (Athens, Ohio - Zone 6a) on Apr 18, 2018 10:14 PM concerning plant:
    Pictures don't capture well the glowing greenish-yellow tint.
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on May 31, 2013 9:40 AM concerning plant:
    RHS description - 'Fl. forming a double triangle, 105mm wide; perianth segments 50mm long, very broadly ovate, blunt, mucronate, brilliant greenish yellow, spreading to a little inflexed, concave, with margins incurved, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments much narrower; corona 38mm long, funnel-shaped, ribbed, opening light greenish yellow, becoming white, mouth a little expanded, wavy and lightly lobed, with rim dentate and broadly flanged. Sweetly scented.' (www.rhs.org.uk).
    Bred from a couple of super cultivars.
    John Scheepers lists Karel van der Veek as the hybrid creator.

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