Selma Lagerlöf
Classification:
2 W-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J.W.A. Lefeber

Established 1910. Lisse, Holland; Noordwijkerhout

J.W.A. Lefeber
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1938
Awards:

AM Haarlem 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 Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1943.AM Haarlem 1943; 
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments creamy white; corona large disc-shaped, with a broad band of orange at rim.

Origin of Name

Named for this Swedish author who was the first  female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and is best remembered for her children’s book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils).

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

Selma LagerlöfSelma Lagerlöf, 2 W-YYO, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #60288 Vee Kozma, USASelma LagerlöfSelma Lagerlöf, 2 W-YYO, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #59223 Susie Lendermon Garden club of Virginia, USASelma LagerlofSelma Lagerlöf, 2 W-YYO, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #44740 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaSelma LagerlöfSelma Lagerlöf, 2 W-YYO, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #33166 Ian Tyler, EnglandSelma lagerlofSelma Lagerlöf, 2 W-YYO, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #27276 P. de Jager and Sons, the NetherlandsSelma lagerlofSelma Lagerlöf, 2 W-YYO, J.W.A. Lefeber, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #14729 Kirby Fong, USA