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Division: Division 11a - Split-Cupped Collar
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Orange
Description: see comments below
Bloom season: M - Mid Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Classics
Hybridizer: J. Gerritsen & Son
Year of registration: 1957
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Awards: Award of Merit
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: 12-26 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
White
Yellow
Other: coded W - OOY
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
Awards and Recognitions: Other: Award of Merit 1957
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Split-Cupped Collar Daffodil
  • Split-corona Daffodil
  • Butterfly Narcissus
  • Daffodil

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Date: c. 1966
photo from the Daffodil Handbook, special issue of the 'American
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Cloudy day.
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Date: May 2, 2015
Full sun
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photo by: Cillas
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Date: 2017-05-03
Near the end of the bloom
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Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Oct 7, 2013 8:36 AM concerning plant:
    RHS description - Perianth segments very broad in outline, blunt or squarish at apex, prominently mucronate, spreading, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments narrower, shouldered at base, a little inflexed, with margins wavy; corona split to base, the six segments as wide as the perianth segments, three-quarters their length and opposite and closely overlying them, deeply bi-lobed, with the lobes overlapping, loosely ribbed and frilled, yellow-orange (21A), usually with vivid yellow 9A at rim and shoulder, with white at shoulder on occasion, sometimes self orange. Early to mid-season. 2n=28
    ‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk
    Both seed and pollen fertile; used 4 times as seed, 3 timers as pollen.
    An award winning classic.

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