Sparkling Waters
Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

Tom Bloomer

b 1905 d 1989

Rathowen Daffodils, Dergmoney, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland (1971-73)

Tom Bloomer
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1964
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.

Seed Parent: 
Castlecoole 2 W-WWO 
W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1953
Castlecoole
Pollen Parent: 
(
Blarney 3 W-OOY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1935
Mitylene x Sunstar
Blarney
x
Sylvia O'Neill 3 W-WWY 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1940
Silver Plane x (Silver Coin x unknown)
Sylvia O'Neill
)
Seedling Number:
6/54/58
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments pure white; corona lemon yellow.

Origin of Name

Part of Tom Bloomer’s “Sparkling Series.”

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