Miss Willmott
Classification:
3 W-YYO[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

C.G. van Tubergen

Established 1868. Haarlem, Holland

C.G. van Tubergen
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1907
Awards:

FCC Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1911.FCC 1911; 

AM Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1907.AM 1907; 
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.

Seed Parent: 
Ornatus 9 W-YYR 
James Walker, England
Year Registered: 1870
Ornatus
Pollen Parent: 
Will Scarlett 2 W-O 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1898
N. abscissus x N. radiiflorus var. poetarum
Will Scarlett
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Corona large, lemon yellow, with bright reddish orange at rim.

A description from Royal Horticultural Society, Volume XXXIII (1908), when awarded the Award of Merit, “A fine variety of Poeticus type; very large flowers; perianth pure white; cup larger than in Narcissus Poeticus, orange-yellow, with orange rim.”

Origin of Name

According to the April 30th 1904 issue of The Gardener’ Chronicle, Miss Willmott of Great Waverly, exhibited her own seedlings in daffodil shows. This daffodil is believed to be named after Miss Willmott.

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Miss WillmottMiss Willmott, 3 W-YYO, C.G. van Tubergen, the Netherlands, 1907
Photo #48086 Unknown Historic Source