Vernal Prince
Classification:
3 W-GYY[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Tom Bloomer

b 1905 d 1989

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

Tom Bloomer
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1982
Registrant:

Rathowen Daffodils

Rathowen Daffodils
, Northern Ireland, UK
Awards:

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2001.

AGM 2001; 
Seed Parent: 
Shantallow 3 W-GWY 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Tryst x Chinese White
Shantallow
Pollen Parent: 
Woodland Prince 3 W-Y 
Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1964
Blarney x Sylvia O'Neill
Woodland Prince
Seedling Number:
B306
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
5 times as seed, 4 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 100 mm wide; perianth segments very broad in outline, squarish or rounded at apex, prominently mucronate, pure white, very slightly reflexed, plane, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments broadly ovate, blunt or truncate, less noticeably mucronate, more nearly spreading, with margins wavy; corona bowl-shaped, narrow, deep lemon yellow, deepening in tone towards the rim, with dark green prominent at base, deeply frilled.

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Vernal PrinceVernal Prince, 3 W-GYY, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1982
Photo #49911 Lawrence Trevanion, AustraliaVernal PrinceVernal Prince, 3 W-GYY, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1982
Photo #41720 Lawrence Trevanion, AustraliaVernal princeVernal Prince, 3 W-GYY, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1982
Photo #20882 Quality Daffodils, EnglandVernal princeVernal Prince, 3 W-GYY, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1982
Photo #12340 Lawrence Trevanion, AustraliaVernal princeVernal Prince, 3 W-GYY, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1982
Photo #3597 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA