Santa Maria
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
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 1887
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. hispanicus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. hispanicus
Used as parent:
3 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Santa Maria
Comments

The 1909 Barr catalog says “found by Mr. Barr in Spain”; Fl. rich orange-yellow; perianth segments inflexed, twisted; corona cylindrical or somewhat funnel-shaped, mouth expanded, with rim deeply notched, sometimes distinctly 6-lobed.

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

Santa MariaSanta Maria, 1 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1887
Photo #31188 RHS Yearbook, EnglandSanta mariaSanta Maria, 1 Y-Y, Peter Barr, England, 1887
Photo #18401 Barr Catalog, England