Bonny Gem
Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Edward (Ted) W. Cotter

d 1977. Christchurch, New Zealand

Edward (Ted) W. Cotter
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1968
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: 
seedling
Pollen Parent: 
Amigo 2 W-P 
Crawford E. Radcliff, Australia
Year of first flowering: 1942
Carmoa x Mrs. R.O. Backhouse
Amigo
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

A description according to E.W. Cotter’s 1972-73 catalog: “A delightful and distinctive small flower of 3 I/8 inch diameter bred from a seedling x Amigo. Perianth is purist white and of thick substance and most perfect form. Corona is of a rich pink throughout without variation, both inside and outside including even the inner base….Fine robust plant on 16 inch stem.”

Synonyms:

'Bonney Gem'

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