Spectacular
Classification:
2 Y-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

C.M. Grullemans

Raised daffodils 1945-1960. Holland

C.M. Grullemans
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1957
Registrant:

J.J. Grullemans and Sons

J.J. Grullemans and Sons
, the Netherlands
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments sulfur yellow, veined with a darker tone; corona orange-yellow, with pale orange at rim, frilled.

Synonyms:

'Spectaculator'

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SpectacularSpectacular, 2 Y-YYO, C.M. Grullemans, the Netherlands, 1957
Photo #49065 U.S. National Arboretum, USASpectacularSpectacular, 2 Y-YYO, C.M. Grullemans, the Netherlands, 1957
Photo #49064 U.S. National Arboretum, USA