Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Orange
Description: very ruffled tangerine orange cup over soft yellow petals
Bloom season: M - Mid Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Hybridizer: W.F. Leenen
Year of registration: 1973
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
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: 14 - 16 inches
Plant Spread: 6 - 9 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Yellow
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
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

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Common names
  • Large-cupped Daffodil
  • Long-cupped Narcissus
  • Daffodil

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Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jun 4, 2013 3:57 PM concerning plant:
    RHS description - 'Fl. rounded, 90 mm wide; perianth segments very broad, truncate, prominently mucronate, whitish yellow, spreading or slightly reflexed, overlapping two-thirds; inner segments equally broad, less prominently mucronate; corona broad, shallow, with shorter extra growths beneath, often split to base, with segments deeply bi-lobed, tightly frilled.' at
    ‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk.
    One vendor says the extremely ruffled cup looks almost double or triple. Very unusual. Sunproof.

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