Ben Loyal
Classification:
2 W-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
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
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: 
Richardson 647 seedling
Pollen Parent: 
1-25-56 (
Arbar 2 W-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1948
Monaco x Forfar
Arbar
x
Fayum 3 W-O 
J.M. de Navarro, England
Year Registered: 1953
Monaco x Matapan
Fayum
)
Seedling Number:
2-2-61
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 92 mm wide; perianth segments white; corona dark reddish orange. Resembles a whiter ‘Arbar’ with the perianth segments more rounded. Lea 1983 catalog: 2W-R, rich orange red cup.

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Ben LoyalBen Loyal, 2 W-O, John S.B. Lea, England, 1964
Photo #51468 Ian H. Dyson, AustraliaBen loyalBen Loyal, 2 W-O, John S.B. Lea, England, 1964
Photo #5925 George Tarry, England