Queen of Spain
Classification:
5 Y-Y[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Selected by:

Peter Barr

b 1826, crd 1890, d 1909.
Co-founder 1860 of Barr & Sugden;
founder 1882 of Barr & Son, later (1886) Barr & Sons.
Covent Garden, London, England.
Nurseries at Tooting, London, 1882-1888;
Long Ditton, Surrey, 1889-1910;
Taplow, Buckinghamshire, 1911-1955;
also at Gulval, Cornwall.
Barr & Sons succeeded 1956 by Wallace & Barr

Peter Barr

From 1914 RHS Daffodil Year Book

Peter Barr
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1888
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.

Selection of: 
N. x taitii Division 13 Species
Section: Intersectional Hybrid
N. pseudonarcissus and N. triandrus subsp. pallidulus
N. x taitii
Chromosomes:
20 or 21
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls often 2 per stem; petals reflexed, sulfur colored. This daffodil is a N. x taitii selection, formerly known as N. x johnstonii; Selection was made by Peter Barr (1888) from wild-collected material from Spain.

Origin of Name

Name cannot be applied with certainty to any one of several clones of N. x taitii (formerly known as N. x johnstonii)

Synonyms:

'Villa Cha'

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Queen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #60237 Vee Kozma, USAQueen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #59218 Susie Lendermon Garden club of Virginia, USAQueen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #50439 Henry Shejbal, ItalyQueen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #48825 Henry Shejbal, ItalyQueen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #47005 Mark Smyth, Northern IrelandQueen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #46855 Heath Family Archives, USAQueen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #46311 James Ian Young, ScotlandQueen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #45559 Barr Catalog, EnglandQueen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #43530 Albert F. Calvert, EnglandQueen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #40730 Mark Smyth, Northern IrelandQueen of SpainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #34229 Dryad Nursery, EnglandQueen of spainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #20004 Barr Catalog, EnglandQueen of spainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #13582 Mark Smyth, Northern IrelandQueen of spainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #13451 Becky Fox Matthews, USAQueen of spainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #13450 Becky Fox Matthews, USAQueen of spainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #13449 Becky Fox Matthews, USAQueen of spainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #12925 Drew Mc Farland, USAQueen of spainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #12657 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAQueen of spainQueen of Spain, 5 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1888
Photo #12656 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA