Stella Superba
Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Unknown

Unknown
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1899
Awards:

AM 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 Royal Horticultural Society in 1901.AM 1901; 
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.

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

Fl. star-shaped; perianth segments narrowly ovate, blunt or acute, only very slightly mucronate, spreading, often twisted, or with margins incurved at apex and recurved at base, overlapping at base only; corona bowl-shaped, ribbed, bright yellow, with mouth split in places and overlapping, tightly frilled. Dutch origin.

Synonyms:

'Albus Stella', 'Stella Maxima'

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Stella SuperbaStella Superba, 2 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1899
Photo #59558 Drew Mc Farland, USAStella SuperbaStella Superba, 2 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1899
Photo #53760 Becky Fox Matthews, USAStella SuperbaStella Superba, 2 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1899
Photo #53759 Becky Fox Matthews, USAStella SuperbaStella Superba, 2 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1899
Photo #53758 Becky Fox Matthews, USAStella SuperbaStella Superba, 2 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1899
Photo #53757 Becky Fox Matthews, USAStella SuperbaStella Superba, 2 W-Y, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1899
Photo #16573 Sara Van Beck, USA