Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
White
Description: Snowy white petals w/ cylindrical cup opening green-yellow paling to white.Both deed and pollen fertile.Used 10 times in the former capacity and 8 times in the latter capacity.
Bloom season: EM - Early to Mid Spring
Height classification: Dwarf (to 12.8")
Special Classes: RHS Historics List
Hybridizer: Alec Gray
Year of registration: 1969
Country of Origin: England
Seed parent: N. minor
Pollen parent: N. asturiensis
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: 3 to 6 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Other: coded YYW-WWY
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Other: Forcible
Underground structures: Bulb
Uses: Provides winter interest
Erosion control
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: N minor. x N. asturiensis
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Trumpet Daffodil
  • Daffodil
  • Miniature Daffodil

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Location: Brighton Plants Nursery, Sussex, England
Date: 02/13/2023
photo by Steve Law via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pega

photo credit: peganum
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Sep 3, 2015 1:09 AM concerning plant:
    Gipsy Queen - (1 YYW-WWY) division 1, trumpet; precious little soft yellow trumpet whose cup turns white as it matures; early spring; (12+cm);3"-6".
    Description from Brent and Beck's Bulbs.

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