Whiteadder
Classification:
4 Y-Y[ Double ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Year of first flowering:
1955
Hybridizer:

Mrs. M.G. Mitchell Innes

Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

Mrs. M.G. Mitchell Innes
, Scotland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1968
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: 
N. pseudonarcissus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. pseudonarcissus
? sport
Descendants:
None
Comments

The same as ‘Greenstar’? Fl. 50-65 mm wide, pale yellow, strongly suffused with lime green, with some older flowers appearing to be entirely green; perianth and other petaloid segments in several whorls, successively narrower towards center. Resembles a larger and later-flowered ‘Rip van Winkle’ more heavily suffused with green.

Origin of Name

Found on banks of White Adder River in Scotland in 1956.

Synonyms:

'Greenstar'

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WhiteadderWhiteadder, 4 Y-Y, Mrs. M.G. Mitchell Innes, Scotland, 1968
Photo #37159 J. Walkers Bulbs, England