Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 3 - Small-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): White
Description: see comments below
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Hybridizer: Brian S. Duncan
Year of registration: 1987
Country of Origin: Northern Ireland
Origin of name: Part of Brian Duncan's “Trips around the World Series”. Visited this site while on a “species safari”. Named to commemorate a snowy and well used wartime escape route through Andorra to Spain.
Seed parent: Verona
Pollen parent: 'Cool Crystal'
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)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12-26 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
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
Parentage: Verona X Cool Crystal

Common names
  • Small Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 24, 2013 11:45 AM concerning plant:
    Description from DaffSeek -'Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broad, rounded at apex, slightly mucronate, slightly reflexed, overlapping half; the inner segments a little narrower, more nearly spreading, with margins minutely incurled and slightly wavy; corona bowl-shaped, ribbed, with mouth lightly frilled, rim minutely crenate.'
    Cultivar is pollen parent to 'Glasney'.

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