Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped)
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: Twisted petals are sulfur white fronted by narrow funnel shaped yellow cup
Bloom season: VE - Very Early Spring
Hybridizer: ?Italian origin
Year of registration: before 1830
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)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
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
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Common names
  • Trumpet Daffodil
  • Lent Lily
  • Daffodil
Also sold as:
  • Irish Princeps
  • Princeps Grand Trumpeter
  • Principe Umberto Primo

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Location: En masse at Howick Hall, Northumberland UK
Date: 2019-03-28
Location: Howick Hall, Northumberland UK
Date: 2019-03-28
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2021-04-02
Location: Howick Hall, Northumberland UK
Date: 2019-03-28
Location: Howick Hall, Northumberland UK
Date: 2019-03-28
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