Woburn Wonder
Classification:
2 W-[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

C.E. Buckingham

d 1941. Lower Hutt, New Zealand

C.E. Buckingham
, North Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, before 1933
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded; perianth segments very broad, rounded at apex, fairly prominently mucronate, spreading, a little concave, overlapping more than half; the inner segments a little inflexed, creased; corona shallow, broad, heavily ribbed, lightly frilled.

Origin of Name

Part of Buckingham’s “Woburn” Series.

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Woburn WonderWoburn Wonder, 2 W-, C.E. Buckingham, New Zealand, 1933
Photo #31294 RHS Yearbook, England