Thoughtful
Classification:
5 Y-Y[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Alec Gray

b 1895 d 1986

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England; Truro, Cornwall; Camborne,

Alec Gray
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1951
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.

Pollen Parent: 
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. loiseleurii Division 13 Species
Section: Ganymedes
N. triandrus subsp. triandrus var. loiseleurii
Chromosomes:
21
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 1-3 per stem, 84 mm wide, sulfur yellow; perianth segments ovate, blunt, with white mucro, spreading, overlapping a quarter; corona broad funnel-shaped, ribbed, with mouth straight, even, rim irregularly notched and crenate. Fls larger when only one per stem, with corona more widely expanded.

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ThoughtfulThoughtful, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1951
Photo #56276 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsThoughtfulThoughtful, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1951
Photo #41575 Kirby Fong, USAThoughtfulThoughtful, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1951
Photo #41574 Kirby Fong, USAThoughtfulThoughtful, 5 Y-Y, Alec Gray, England, 1951
Photo #15360 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands