Double Daffodil (Narcissus 'Sir Winston Churchill') in the Daffodils Database

Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division:	Division 4 - Double
Color: Perianth (Petals):	White
Color: Corona (Cups):	Orange
Description:	3 to 5 silver dollar sized double white flowers w/ orange specks
Bloom season:	ML - Mid to Late Spring
Height classification:	Tall (over 26.6")
Special Classes:	Multiflowering ADS Classics
Hybridizer:	H.A. Holmes - registered daffodil, actual breeder is unknown
Year of registration:	1966
Country of Origin:	Unknown
Seed parent:	Geranium sport
Awards:	Award of Garden Merit Award of Merit Trial Garden Award
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 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 8b
Plant Height:	15 to 17 inches
Leaves:	Spring ephemeral
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant Other: strongly scented
Flower Color:	Bi-Color: White and orange Other: specks of orange in white
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
Awards and Recognitions:	Other: AGM 1998; *AM(g) 1988; TGA Haarlem 1966
Parentage:	Sport of: Geranium

Common names

Double Daffodil
Daffodil

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Posted by Marilyn (Kentucky - Zone 6a) on Nov 26, 2011 7:37 PM concerning plant:

Beautiful and wonderfully fragrant! I love it!

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Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jun 3, 2013 10:04 PM concerning plant:

Sport of N. 'Geranium'.
RHS description -'Fls averaging 4 per stem, rounded, 60 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in several whorls, white; the outer whorl very broad, truncate, some with prominent mucro, spreading, overlapping half or more; the inner whorls inflexed, sometimes touched yellow or orange at midrib, with margins wavy or incurled; the center whorl short, strongly inflexed, with margins tightly incurled; corona segments shorter than the center whorl and clustered among them, orange.' (‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk).

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