Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 10 - Bulbocodium
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): White
Description: An all white/yellowish minature hoop petticoat w/ wide spaced diminutive petals and a deep bowl shaped cup. Seed fertile.
Bloom season: VE - Very Early Spring
Height classification: Dwarf (to 12.8")
Special Classes: Miniatures List
Hybridizer: Glenbrook Bulb Farm
Year of registration: 1987
Country of Origin: Australia
Seed parent: N. bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium var. conspicuus
Pollen parent: N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. foliosus
Awards: Award of Garden Merit
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 9b
Plant Height: 4 to 6 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Fruiting Time: Spring
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
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
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: Award of Merit 2011
Parentage: N. bulbocodium subsp. bulbocodium var. conspicuus x N. cantabricus subsp. cantabricus var. foliosus
Child plants: 3 child plants

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Common names
  • Bulbocodium Daffodil
  • Daffodil
  • Hoop Petticoat Daffodil

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Location: Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: March 2017
If "Fairy Daffodils" were a division, this one would be in it!
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2017-02-10
First bloom, damaged by wind and heavy rain.
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Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Sep 3, 2015 9:36 AM concerning plant:
    Spoirot - lovely straw colored bulbocodium-type flowers that are perfect for natural areas, fronts of borders and the the ADS show bench; whz 4-8; 4"-6".
    Brent and Becky's description.

    A miniature hoop petticoat type daffodil.

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