Royal Sovereign
Classification:
4 W-Y[ Double ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

William F.M. Copeland

b 1872 d 1953

Stone, Staffordshire, England; Southampton, Hampshire

William F.M. Copeland

From 1915 RHS Daffodil Year Book

William F.M. Copeland
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1908
Awards:

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1914.AM(e) 1914; 
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: 
Minnie Hume 3 W-W 
William Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1869
Albicans x N. radiiflorus
Minnie Hume
Pollen Parent: 
Telamonius Plenus 4 Y-Y 
: Unknown,
Year Registered: 1620
Telamonius Plenus
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed,1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

ivory white perianth, bright yellow cup

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

Royal SovereignRoyal Sovereign, 4 W-Y, William F.M. Copeland, England, 1908
Photo #61748 Drew Mc Farland, USARoyal SovereignRoyal Sovereign, 4 W-Y, William F.M. Copeland, England, 1908
Photo #56883 Janet Hickman, USARoyal sovereignRoyal Sovereign, 4 W-Y, William F.M. Copeland, England, 1908
Photo #28985 Solly's Hardy Bulb Book, USA