Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
White
Description: see comments below
Bloom season: ML - Mid to Late Spring
Hybridizer: H.A. Brown
Year of registration: Registered; 1st flowering pre 1935
Country of Origin: England
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
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
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

Common names
  • Large Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Nov 2, 2013 10:35 AM concerning plant:
    ‘The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database’, available at www.rhs.org.uk describes this cultivat thusly -'Fl. large; perianth segments broadly ovate or somewhat oblong, blunt, prominently mucronate, a little reflexed, pure white, plane, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, more nearly spreading, with margins wavy; corona disc-shaped, broad, loosely ribbed, greenish creamy white, with lemon yellow at rim, mouth closely ribbed and frilled, rim irregularly notched.'

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