Braid Song
Classification:
9 W-GYO[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1983
Hybridizer:

Arthur E. Robinson

Enfield, Middlesex, England

Arthur E. Robinson
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1998
Registrant:

Carncairn Daffodils

See Reade

Carncairn Daffodils
, Northern Ireland, UK
Seed Parent: 
Como 9 W-GYR 
David W. Gourlay, England
Year Registered: 1973
Blarney x Felindre
Como
Pollen Parent: 
Andrew Marvell 9 W-GYR 
J.M. de Navarro, England
Year Registered: 1950
Shanach x Cantabile
Andrew Marvell
Seedling Number:
1/19/78
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle; perianth segments broadly ovate, prominently mucronate, spreading, overlapping half; the inner segments a little more narrowly ovate; corona disc-shaped, tightly ribbed, with rim minutely dentate.

Origin of Name

Named by Kate Reade of Carncairn’s Daffodils. One of three poets Kate named from the ‘Como’ x ‘Andrew Marvel’ cross made by Arthur Robinson.

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Braid SongBraid Song, 9 W-GYO, Arthur E. Robinson, England, 1998
Photo #42658 Ian Scroggy, Northern IrelandBraid SongBraid Song, 9 W-GYO, Arthur E. Robinson, England, 1998
Photo #34558 Kirby Fong, USABraid songBraid Song, 9 W-GYO, Arthur E. Robinson, England, 1998
Photo #7787 Derrick Turbitt, Northern IrelandBraid songBraid Song, 9 W-GYO, Arthur E. Robinson, England, 1998
Photo #3218 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA