Elka
Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Year of first flowering:
1967
Hybridizer:

Alec Gray

b 1895 d 1986

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

Alec Gray
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1989
Registrant:

Elizabeth Tainter (Mrs. John Brewster) Capen

b 1906 d 1993

Boonton, New Jersey, USA; Montville, Connecticut; Vinal Haven, Maine

Elizabeth Tainter (Mrs. John Brewster) Capen
, New Jersey, USA
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 Classes:
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

, New Zealand NDS Miniatures, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Chromosomes:
14
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as pollen
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Elka
Comments

Fl. star-shaped, 33 mm wide; perianth segments narrowly ovate, opening pale yellow, becoming white, spreading, with margins somewhat wavy, slightly overlapping at base; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, twisted or with margins more wavy; corona cylindrical, smooth, opening yellow, becoming white, with mouth ribbed and a little expanded, lightly frilled, rim crenate.

Note: differences in structure of chromosomes indicate the plant is a wild hybrid and unlikely to be fertile.

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ElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #57772 Bradley McCarson, USAElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #56185 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #50790 Kirby Fong, USAElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #50789 Kirby Fong, USAElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #50788 Kirby Fong, USAElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #48415 Kirby Fong, USAElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #40790 Derrick Turbitt, Northern IrelandElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #40724 Mark Smyth, Northern IrelandElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #38276 Anne Wright, EnglandElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #15484 Ben Blake, USAElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #13668 Derrick Turbitt, Northern IrelandElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #13667 Derrick Turbitt, Northern IrelandElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #9069 Kirby Fong, USAElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #7426 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #7239 Becky Fox Matthews, USAElkaElka, 1 W-W, Alec Gray, England, 1989
Photo #870 Hubert Bourne, USA