Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 3 - Small-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Red
Bloom season: L - Late Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Historics
Hybridizer: Ernest M. Crosfield
Year of registration: Registered, flowering pre 1910
Country of Origin: England
Seed parent: 'Mrs C.Bowley' hybrid
Awards: 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
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 18 to 29 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
White
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: FCC twice, AM twice
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Short-cupped Narcissus
  • Small-cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil
Also sold as:
  • Fire Tail

Photo Gallery

Date: c. 1940
photo from the 1940 catalog, JR McLean, Elma, Washington

Date: c. 1941
photo from the 1941 catalog, Nelis Nurseries, Holland, Michigan
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 4, 2014 4:50 PM concerning plant:
    'To enjoy the full brilliance of this graceful antique, catch it when it first opens. Although its flat, rippled cup may not be the “solid, deep rich red” that Albert Calvert praised in his monumental 1929 Daffodil Growing for Pleasure and Profit, it’s close — and stunning. 3 W-R, 18-20”, zones 5a-7b.' - Comment from Old House Gardens

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