Golden Plover
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

William Baylor Hartland

b 1836 d 1912

Ballintemple, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland

William Baylor Hartland
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, before 1885
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.

Chromosomes:
14
Descendants:
None
Comments

Resembles ‘Princeps’ but with the corona more deeply dentate and widely flanged.

In the 1916 RHS Classification List, this cultivar was designated to be either lost to cultivation or surpassed by modern varieties.

Synonyms:

'Cloth of Gold#', 'Golden Princeps', 'Single Cloth of Gold', 'Tanist'

Click on the thumbnail to see the full size photos or historic images  

Golden PloverGolden Plover, 1 Y-Y, William Baylor Hartland, Ireland, 1885
Photo #43229 Gertrude Hartland, Ireland