Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 7 - Jonquilla
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Orange
Description: Canary yellow petals fronted by reddish-orange bowl shaped shallow cup
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Height classification: Tall (over 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Classics
Hybridizer: R.V. Favell
Year of registration: Yes. Year of first flowering: pre 1954, registered with the RHS
Country of Origin: England
Origin of name: Named for the daughter of the hybridizer's friend Matthew Zandbergen in the Netherlands.
Seed parent: Hades
Pollen parent: {N. jonquilla}
Awards: Award of Garden Merit
Award of Merit
First Class Certificate
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: 16" +
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: Sweetly scented
Flower Color: Orange
Yellow
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
Parentage: Hades x N. jonquilla

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Common names
  • Jonquilla Daffodil
  • Jonquilla Narcissus
  • Apodanthus Daffodil
  • Daffodil
  • Jonquilla

Photo Gallery
Location: Occoquan, Virginia
Date: 01/01/1980
photo by Ryan Somma via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikime
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-05-09

Date: 2008-05-04
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-04-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-04-12
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2013-10-18
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-09-30
Bulbs de-potted after forcing for planting in garden outside
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jun 3, 2013 11:28 AM concerning plant:
    Closely resembles 'Susan Pearson'.
    Multiple award winner.
    Garden standout. Sweetly scented.

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