Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 6 - Cyclamineus
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: Swept back white petals w/ buttercup yellow cup
Bloom season: EM - Early to Mid Spring
Height classification: Dwarf (to 12.8")
Special Classes: ADS Classics
Hybridizer: M.P.Williams
Year of registration: Registered/flowering pre 1951
Country of Origin: England
Awards: Award of Garden Merit
Award of Merit
Highly Commended
Links: DaffSeek - Daffodil Database
RHS - Daffodil Register

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 8 to 10"
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Other: Cup is yellow; petals white.
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Other: Forcible
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
Awards and Recognitions: Other: HC(p) 1985 AGM 1995 AMHaarlem 1956; 2009 Great Plant Picks Award Winner
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Cyclamineus Narcissus
  • Daffodil
Also sold as:
  • April Love

Photo Gallery
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2012-03-28
Location: RHS Hyde Hall, Essex, UK.
Date: 2023-04-04
Location: Cornwall, England
Date: 03/19/2021
public domain photo by John Jearrard via his web site: http://www
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2021-04-02
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2009-04-16
Location: southeast Nebraska 
Date: 2012-03-30
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-03-24
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2020-04-03
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
Date: 2020-04-03
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-03-14
Zone 9b. First year bloom.
Location: Madrid, Spain
photo by: Cillas
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-03-17

Date: 2005-04-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-04-21
Location: Madrid, Spain
photo by: Cillas
Location: Garden
Date: 2018-04-06
Location: Garden
Date: 2017-03-18
Location: Garden
Date: 23rd April 2016
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-04-22

Courtesy of RoozenGaarde/Tulips.com
Location: sun
Date: 2013-04-28
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2011-04-11
Location: Critter's garden in Frederick MD
Date: 2013-04-11
blooming with Scilla siberica
Location: Critter's garden in Frederick MD
Date: 2013-04-11
cheerful little upward-facing blooms!
Uploaded by gemini_sage
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-04-11
Forced
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-04-11
Location: Madrid, Spain
photo by: Cillas

Date: 2013-03-12
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jan 23, 2014 2:23 PM concerning plant:
    A multiple award winning daffodil.
    Clump forming in the garden.
    Excellent to force (then may be translocated outside for bloom in subsequent years).
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