Arctic Sunset
Classification:
2 W-GYR[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

William Ormston Backhouse

b 1885 d 1962

Rio Negro, Argentina; Hereford, Herefordshire, England

William Ormston Backhouse
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1967
Registrant:

E. Longford

E. Longford
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 92 mm diameter; corona yellow, with green at base and a broad band of deep scarlet at rim.

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