Manon Lescaut
Classification:
2 W-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Konynenburg and Mark

Konynenburg and Mark
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1960
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: 
Blarney 3 W-OOY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1935
Mitylene x Sunstar
Blarney
Pollen Parent: 
[ (
Actaea 9 W-YYR 
G. Lubbe and Son, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1919
Actaea
x
Glorious 8 W-O 
John Charles Williams, England
Year Registered: 1923
Glorious
) x (
Frederike - 
: Unknown,
Frederike
x
Mimosa - 
: Unknown,
Mimosa
) ]
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide; corona light yellow, with a narrow band of brilliant orange-yellow at rim.

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Manon LescautManon Lescaut, 2 W-YYO, Konynenburg and Mark, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #42481 Henry Shejbal, ItalyManon lescautManon Lescaut, 2 W-YYO, Konynenburg and Mark, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #7764 Ralph Sowell, USAManon lescautManon Lescaut, 2 W-YYO, Konynenburg and Mark, the Netherlands, 1960
Photo #5788 Tom Stettner, USA