Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped)
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: All yellow trumpet daffodil. cylindrical cup is a darker yellow tone. 21 times used as seed parent and 19 times as pollen parent.
Bloom season: M - Mid Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Historics
Hybridizer: The Brodie of Brodie
Year of registration: pre 1930
Country of Origin: Scotland
Origin of name: Probably for a town near the laird's castle.
Seed parent: Hebron
Pollen parent: Alchemist
Awards: 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)
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: 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: Other: Award of Merit in 1938 and 1949
Parentage: Hebron x Alchemist
Child plants: 11 child plants

Common names
  • Trumpet Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Oct 7, 2015 9:32 AM concerning plant:
    This award winning and historic yellow trumpet daffodil was bred in Scotland by The Brodie of Brodie in Brodie Castle, Scotland, by1927 and registered in 1930 with the RHS. Cromarty has achieved a degree of fame, being the source of 40 subsequent crossings by hybridizers from various English (empire) and Irish sources between 1927 and 1999. Many of the best known breeders from these areas worked with this cultivar. From their efforts, they've produced 38 named cultivars (and 2 noted seedlings). Cromarty was utilized as a seed parent 21 times and as a pollen parent 19 times.

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