Data specific to Daffodils (Edit)
Division: Division 1 - Trumpet (Long Cupped)
Color: Perianth (Petals): Yellow
Color: Corona (Cups): Yellow
White
Description: Striking colors, displays Variation: Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity. Seed and pollen fertile.
Bloom season: EM - Early to Mid Spring
Height classification: Standard (12.8" to 26.6")
Special Classes: ADS Classics
Hybridizer: Guy L. Wilson
Year of registration: pre 1944
Country of Origin: Northern Ireland
Seed parent: 'King of the North'
Pollen parent: 'Content'
Awards: Award of Garden Merit
Award of Merit
First Class Certificate
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
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Other: Y - WWY
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
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: Award of Merit (4 times), First Class Certificate (twice)
Parentage: King of the North x Content
Child plants: 14 child plants

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Common names
  • Trumpet Daffodil
  • Trumpet Narcissus
  • Daffodil
Also sold as:
  • Spellbound

Photo Gallery
Location: Zone 6
Date: April 13
Location: Zone 6
Date: April 13
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 03-30-2004
Trumpet Daffodil (Narcissus 'Spellbinder') 002
Location: At the Missouri Botanical Garden in Saint Louis
Date: 03-30-2004
Trumpet Daffodil (Narcissus 'Spellbinder') 001
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-03-11
shows yellow turns to white w/ maturity...not the best pic but de
Location: Southeastern NH
Date: 2015-05-08
Planted in 2009, very hardy and showy for me.
Location: Southeastern NH
Date: 2014-05-07
Close Up
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-02-14
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-05-23
Daffodil 'Spellbinder' becoming more white as it ages.
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-05-23
Daffodil 'Spellbinder' becomes more white as it ages.
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-10-16
To force
Location: My Garden, Ontario, Canada
Date: 2016-05-11

Date: 2009-04-23
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Sep 1, 2015 11:48 AM concerning plant:
    This classic trumpet daffodil has unique and striking color. Awarded multiple times by the RHS. Awards include 4 Award of Merits, 2 First Class Certificates, and Award of Garden Merit (1993). The AGM was rescinded by the RHS in 2012.
    Spellbinder has been utilized by in breeding programs around the world, 20 times as seed parent, 25 times as a pollen parent from 1949 till 2011.
Plant Events from our members
jmorth From March 2, 2016 to March 11, 2016 Bloomed
Mostly yellow. Cultivar displays big dose of 'Variation'.
Many of the yellows turned the better known yellow white combo w/ maturity.
jmorth On February 14, 2016 Miscellaneous Event
Out of refrigerator; placed under fluorescent lights in cool basement. To move upstairs when about to bloom.
jmorth On October 25, 2015 Potted up
Allowed a week or so for root development, then into refrigerator for cold period.
jmorth On October 16, 2015 Obtained plant
From John Scheepers - to force
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