Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
White
Color: Corona (Cups): White
Description: Soft yellow reverse bicolor daffodil, cup gets whiter w/ age. YWW-W
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Hybridizer: A.J.R. Pearson
Year of registration: 1987
Country of Origin: England
Seed parent: Camelot
Pollen parent: Daydream
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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 14 - 16 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Other: Forcible
Inflorescence Height: 14 -16 inches
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 - 1993 and Award of Merit - 1989
Parentage: Camelot x Daydream
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Large Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Photo Gallery
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-05-05
Daffodil show
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-10-29
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-04-03
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-10-29
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-03-31
Forced
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-03-31
Forced
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-04-02
A beautiful bract don't you think.
Location: All Saints Daffodil Show -Tasmania
Date: 15 Sept 2012
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-02-28
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2017-03-30
Forcer
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on May 5, 2013 6:03 PM concerning plant:
    The Royal Horticultural Society International Daffodil Register & Classified List description: 'Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broad, with blunt white mucro, opening brilliant to light greenish yellow 5B-C, becoming darker, with white at base, spreading or inflexed, concave, with margins narrowly incurling, of good substance, overlapping half; the inner segments broad-shouldered at base; corona broad funnel-shaped, smooth or lightly ribbed, opening lemon yellow, maturing to white tinged with pale greenish yellow 1D and sometimes touched with brilliant greenish yellow 5B at rim, mouth straight or a little flared, rim shallowly and irregularly notched and lobed. Mid-season to late. Resembles a whiter 'Daydream' with little or no contrasting colour at corona rim'
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Mar 8, 2015 12:29 PM concerning plant:
    Brent and Becky's description - "a beautifully formed soft-yellow bi-color; the cup gets whiter as it gets older; its smooth texture ought to make it a winner on the show bench; mid-late spring; 14" to 16"."
Plant Events from our members
jmorth On March 27, 2017 Bloomed
moved upstairs
jmorth On February 28, 2017 Miscellaneous Event
OOC - out of cold
under fluorescents in cool basement
jmorth On October 30, 2016 Potted up
thence, into Cold Period
jmorth On October 28, 2016 Obtained plant
Brent and Becky's - to force
(good sized bulb)
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