Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 4 - Double
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Bloom season: M - Mid Spring
Hybridizer: unknown
Year of registration: Registered, 1st flowering pre 1920
Country of Origin: Unknown
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
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
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Double Daffodil
  • Daffodil
Also sold as:
  • Codlins and Cream
  • Codlings and Cream
  • Albus Plenus Sulphureus
  • Lemon Phoenix
  • Silver Phoenix
  • Sulphre Kroon
  • Sulphur Crown
  • Sulphur Kroon

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Date: 1913
photo [as 'Codlins and Cream'] from the 1913 catalog, Barr & Sons

Date: c. 1924
photo from USDA pamphlet #1270, "The Production of Narcissus Bulb
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Jun 12, 2015 11:19 PM concerning plant:
    Comment compliments of Old House Gardens:
    'With white and pale yellow petals, this is the much rarer, towheaded cousin of ‘Butter and Eggs’ (aka ‘Golden Phoenix’) and ‘Eggs and Bacon’ (aka ‘Orange Phoenix’). “Very chaste and beautiful,” said the Barr and Sons catalog of 1907, “much prized for bouquets.” Its folk name refers to a dessert of coddled (gently stewed or baked) coddlins (green or cooking apples) served with sweet cream. Aka ‘Silver Phoenix’, 4 W-Y, mid-season blooming, 18-20”, zones 5b-8a.'
  • Posted by scvirginia on Jul 9, 2022 11:09 PM concerning plant:
    Description from Daffodils, narcissus, and how to grow them... by Arthur Martin Kirby, 1907, p.203:
    SILVER or SULPHUR PHOENIX. (C. 18 in...)
    One of the best varieties in the double incomparable section. Botanically it is "N. Pseudo-Narcissus albus plenus sulphureus" but popularly known as Codlins and Cream. A robust grower, bearing very large flowers of white, with sulphur colored centers.

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