Yellow Pearl
Classification:
7 Y-Y[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Selected by:

Walter J.M. Blom

Hillegom, Holland; also at Cranleigh, Surrey, England; Leavesden, Hertfordshire; Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire; Albany, Oregon, USA

Walter J.M. Blom
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2002
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 2011.

AGM 2011; 
Special Class:
ADS Miniatures

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Miniature-Sized Daffodils".

A miniature single floreted cultivar normally possess a flower less than 50 mm (1.97") in natural spread.

For a multi-floreted miniature daffodil the guideline measurement for the floral mass is 72mm (2.83") in natural spread.

The ADS requires show exhibitors to enter miniature daffodils only in classes for specific for miniatures.

Any named, numbered, or species daffodil which appears graceful, with all its parts proportionately small, may be exhibited in Miniature classes and is eligible for all ADS awards

Selection of: 
N. rupicola Division 13 Species
Section: Apodanthi
N. rupicola
Selection Number:
82-18
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 18 mm wide, brilliant yellow, facing up; perianth segments ovate in outline, rounded or squarish at apex, spreading or slightly reflexed, plane, or with margins a little wavy, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping one-third; the inner segments a little narrower and more nearly ovate; corona shallow bowl-shaped, ribbed, with rim crenate.

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Yellow pearlYellow Pearl, 7 Y-Y, Walter J.M. Blom, United States, 2002
Photo #3131 Kirby Fong, USA