Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 7 - Jonquilla
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: All yellow, cup is darker of tone. 2 to 4 flowers per stem.
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Height classification: Dwarf (to 12.8")
Special Classes: Miniatures List
Hybridizer: Robert Spotts
Year of registration: 1993
Country of Origin: United States
Origin of name: Daffodil named for the fertility god of the Anasazi. It was believed that Kokopelli would descend in the night and, playing his flute and walk the corn fields causing the crops to germinate. Anasazi were the ancient (800-1200AD) cliffdwellers in the SW US
Seed parent: Sundial
Pollen parent: open pollinated
Awards: Award of Garden Merit
Award of Merit
Wister 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 9b
Plant Height: dwarf
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
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: RHS AGM
Other: AGM 2004, Wister Award 2007, and an AM in 2001
Parentage: Sundial x open pollinated

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Common names
  • Jonquilla Daffodil
  • Miniature Narcissus
  • Miniature Daffodil
  • Daffodil

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Daffodil Show
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Date: 2014-05-05
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Date: 2014-05-05
potted a handful of bulbs, put pot in sheltered outdoor spot on b
Comments:
  • Posted by gwhizz (Rosetta,Tasmania,Australia - Zone 7b) on Sep 15, 2013 4:47 AM concerning plant:
    This Daffodil is no longer classed as a miniature and is now classified by 'ADF' as an intermediate!
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Oct 6, 2013 8:22 AM concerning plant:
    Resembles a 'Sundial' of heavier substance. A multiple award winning miniature.
    RHS description -' Fls 2-4 per stem, rounded, 37 mm wide; perianth segments very broad in outline, blunt or squarish at apex, somewhat spathulate, brilliant greenish yellow 6A, with slight white mucro, spreading or reflexed, plane or sometimes concave, with margins sometimes incurling at apex, overlapping half; the inner segments not noticeably mucronate; corona bowl-shaped, lightly ribbed, opening with green at base, becoming self yellow, darker in tone than the perianth, mouth straight and slightly wavy, with rim entire. 2n=21.
    ‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Sep 2, 2015 3:25 PM concerning plant:
    Brent and Becky's description -
    Kokopelli - (7 Y-Y) division 7; 'jonquilla; although this flower may not have the reputation of its namesake, it is as charming and will touch your heart; Bob Spotts seedling; (8/10cm); 5"-8"; late-mid spring.'

    A minature daffodil
    Wister Award (ADS) 2007 and AGM (RHS) 2004

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