Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 2 - Large-Cupped
Color: Perianth (Petals): White
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
Description: Large, flat yellow cup that folds back across white perianth segments
Bloom season: EM - Early to Mid Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Hybridizer: Karel J. van der Veek
Year of registration: 2008
Country of Origin: the Netherlands
Awards: Award of Garden 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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 12 - 16 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: Sweetly scented
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
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: RHS AGM
Other: 2010

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Common names
  • Large-Cupped Daffodil
  • Daffodil

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Date: 2016-04-17
Location: Vaughan, ON, Canada (Zone 5b)
Date: 2015-05-06
Location: St L Daffodil Show
Date: 2016-04-09
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Aug 31, 2015 9:52 PM concerning plant:
    Dinnerplate - appropriately named as its huge flat cup, which folds back across its perianth segments, seems as large as a dinner plate! A bright and happy flower; early-mid spring; 12"-16".
    Description is compliments of Brent and Becky's Bulbs.

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