Swan of Avon
Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

J.M. de Navarro

b 1896 d 1979

Broadway, Worcestershire, England

J.M. de Navarro
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1949
Awards:

PC(e) Award

This plant earned the Certificate of Preliminary Commendation (PC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to a new plant of promise for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1975.PC(e) 1975; 
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: 
Glenshesk 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1950
Courage x Kanchenjunga
Glenshesk
Pollen Parent: 
Glacier 1 W-W 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Killaloe x Broughshane
Glacier
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
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Swan of avonSwan of Avon, 1 W-W, J.M. de Navarro, England, 1949
Photo #4982 Wells Knierim, USA