Astraea
Classification:
2 Y-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Edward Leeds

b 1802 d 1877

Longford Bridge, Lancashire, England

Edward Leeds
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1851
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls. large; perianth segments oblong, acute, sulfur yellow, spreading, with margins wavy, separated; corona cylindrical, short, dark yellow, with a faint tinge of orange in a narrow band at rim. Probably a hybrid between N. hispanicus var. propinquus and one or other of the two taxa named calathinus.  Absorbed ‘Queen Mab’.

Synonyms:

'Aureo-tinctus'

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AstraeaAstraea, 2 Y-YYO, Edward Leeds, England, 1851
Photo #61994 Juan Andres Varas Braun, Chile