Jaune à Merveille
Classification:
8 Y-YYO[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

R. van der Schoot and Son

R. van der Schoot and Son
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1906
Special Class:
Chromosomes:
17
Fertility:
Usually sterile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Fls 4-6 per stem; perianth segments soft primrose yellow, overlapping; corona bright yellow, with a narrow band of orange at rim. Has ‘Poetaz’ in its parentage.

A description according to Daffodils, narcissus, and how to grow them as a hardy plants for cut… 1907 by Arthur Martin Kirby, “The largest yellow flowered variety. Perianth yellow; cup deep golden colour, seven to eight flowers on a stem.”

From Rev. Joseph Jacob’s book Daffodils circa 1910: “Jaune a Merveille is a yellow Poetaz, and splendid for the garden and pots. It has a delightful, spicy perfume, rather than the heavy scent of the old Polyanthus.” (Jacob’s book was part of the ‘Present Day’ Gardening series).

According to Cartridge & Goodwin catalog 1914: “soft yellow perianth, deep golden yellow eye”.