Sir Heaton Rhodes
Classification:
2 W-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

George Lewis

d 1962. Christchurch, New Zealand

George Lewis
, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1955
Registrant:

David S. Bell

b 1905 d 1987

Christchurch, New Zealand; Templeton

David S. Bell
, South Island, New Zealand
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

A description according to Cotter’s 1972-73 catalog: “The perianth is clear snow-white, overlapping and of exceptionally smooth texture. Well proportioned cup is of deep, glowing red.”

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Sir heaton rhodesSir Heaton Rhodes, 2 W-O, George Lewis, New Zealand, 1955
Photo #2762 Kirby Fong, USA