Ben Hee
Classification:
2 W-GWW[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

John S.B. Lea

b 1911 d 1984

Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England

John S.B. Lea
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1964
Awards:

*HC(g) Award

This plant earned the status of Highly Commended (HC)

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1990.*HC(g) 1990; 

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1977.AM(e) 1977; 

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1975.AM(e) 1975; 
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.

Seed Parent: 
Easter Moon 2 W-GWW 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1954
Tryst x Greenland
Easter Moon
Pollen Parent: 
Omeath 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1951
Broughshane x Saint Mary
Omeath
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
6 times as seed
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Ben Hee
Comments

Fl. 102 mm wide, greenish white perianth segments very broadly ovate in outline, blunt or slightly truncate at apex, very slightly mucronate, spreading, plane, overlapping half or more; the inner segments a little inflexed; corona funnel-shaped, ribbed, with green at base, mouth a little expanded, lightly frilled, with rim crenate.

Received the Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Award of Garden Merit(AGM) in 2001 and the award was rescinded by the RHS in 2012.

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Ben HeeBen Hee, 2 W-GWW, John S.B. Lea, England, 1964
Photo #50683 Kirby Fong, USABen HeeBen Hee, 2 W-GWW, John S.B. Lea, England, 1964
Photo #48332 Kirby Fong, USABen heeBen Hee, 2 W-GWW, John S.B. Lea, England, 1964
Photo #9566 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandBen heeBen Hee, 2 W-GWW, John S.B. Lea, England, 1964
Photo #9565 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandBen heeBen Hee, 2 W-GWW, John S.B. Lea, England, 1964
Photo #1239 Kirby Fong, USABen heeBen Hee, 2 W-GWW, John S.B. Lea, England, 1964
Photo #1238 Kirby Fong, USA